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If biblical GNs may be appealed to, there are two Palestinian placenames resembling | If biblical GNs may be appealed to, there are two Palestinian placenames resembling '''MORON''', Talmudic Meron, a city in Upper Galilee. (JAT), and the biblical GN ''*mēronōt'', known only from the gentilic ''mēronotī'' ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_chr/27/30#30 1 Chronicles 27:30] and [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/neh/3/7#7 Nehemiah 3:7]) (JAT). | ||
Other suggestions include both Semitic and Egyptian possibilities: from the root Semitic mrr, “bitter” (RFS); from Ugaritic *mrr, “strengthen, bless, command” (RFS); or from Egyptian *mr.mr.n, “our beloved, our friend” (RFS). | Other suggestions include both Semitic and Egyptian possibilities: from the root Semitic ''mrr'', “bitter” (RFS); from Ugaritic ''*mrr'', “strengthen, bless, command” (RFS); or from Egyptian ''*mr.mr.n'', “our beloved, our friend” (RFS). | ||
Much less likely are the suggestions from West Semitic mrʾ, “to command; commander” (RFS), because the aleph cannot be accounted for; from Ugaritic mryn, a type of warrior (RFS), because the yod cannot be accounted for; from Ugaritic mrr, “to strengthen, bless” (RFS), because the second r cannot be accounted for; and from Aramaic marana, “our Lord, the land of our Lord” (Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 38), because the second m in | Much less likely are the suggestions from West Semitic ''mrʾ'', “to command; commander” (RFS), because the aleph cannot be accounted for; from Ugaritic ''mryn'', a type of warrior (RFS), because the yod cannot be accounted for; from Ugaritic ''mrr'', “to strengthen, bless” (RFS), because the second ''r'' cannot be accounted for; and from Aramaic ''marana'', “our Lord, the land of our Lord” (Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 38), because the second ''m'' in [[MORMON|M<small>ORMON</small>]] is not accounted for. | ||
Cf. Book of Mormon [[MORONI]], [[AMARON]], [[AMMORON]], [[AMORON]], [[EMRON]], [[MORONIHAH]], [[MORMON]], [[MORIANTON]], [[MORIANTUM]], et al. | Cf. Book of Mormon [[MORONI]], [[AMARON]], [[AMMORON]], [[AMORON]], [[EMRON]], [[MORONIHAH]], [[MORMON]], [[MORIANTON]], [[MORIANTUM]], et al. | ||
Revision as of 11:50, 10 January 2012
| Jaredite PN | 1. | King, son of Ethem (Ether 1:7–8; 11:18) |
| Jaredite GN | 2. | Land on northern border of Desolation by narrow neck of land, also a city (Ether 7:5–6; 14:11) |
No etymology is suggested.
If biblical GNs may be appealed to, there are two Palestinian placenames resembling MORON, Talmudic Meron, a city in Upper Galilee. (JAT), and the biblical GN *mēronōt, known only from the gentilic mēronotī (1 Chronicles 27:30 and Nehemiah 3:7) (JAT).
Other suggestions include both Semitic and Egyptian possibilities: from the root Semitic mrr, “bitter” (RFS); from Ugaritic *mrr, “strengthen, bless, command” (RFS); or from Egyptian *mr.mr.n, “our beloved, our friend” (RFS).
Much less likely are the suggestions from West Semitic mrʾ, “to command; commander” (RFS), because the aleph cannot be accounted for; from Ugaritic mryn, a type of warrior (RFS), because the yod cannot be accounted for; from Ugaritic mrr, “to strengthen, bless” (RFS), because the second r cannot be accounted for; and from Aramaic marana, “our Lord, the land of our Lord” (Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 38), because the second m in MORMON is not accounted for.
Cf. Book of Mormon MORONI, AMARON, AMMORON, AMORON, EMRON, MORONIHAH, MORMON, MORIANTON, MORIANTUM, et al.
