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|Wilderness near the plains of [[AGOSH|A<small>GOSH</small>]] and [[HESHLON|H<small>ESHLON</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/14.3,%204,%2014?lang=eng#2 Ether 14:3, 4, 14])
|Wilderness near the plains of [[AGOSH|A<small>GOSH</small>]] and [[HESHLON|H<small>ESHLON</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/14.3,%204,%2014?lang=eng#2 Ether 14:3, 4, 14])
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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


Until [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] can be connected to a known, ancient language or culture, such guesses are at best plausible. The element Kish seems to be a [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] lexeme, though it may not be a separate lexeme in this name. See [[KISH|K<small>ISH</small>]].
If casting about for Hebrew possibilities is necessary, see the biblical PNs Achish in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_sam/21/10#10 1 Samuel 21:10] (and in chapters [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_sam/27 27], [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_sam/28 28], [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_sam/29 29]) and Ikkesh in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_sam/23/26#26 2 Samuel 23:26] (and in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_chr/11/28 1 Chronicles 11:28]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_chr/27/9#9 27:9]). The former, from ''ʾkš'', is the Philistine king of Gath, and has been connected with the Aegean name Achish=Ikausu (See S. Gittin in Barry M. Gittlen, ed. 2002. ''Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel'' [Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002], 115). The later, from ''ʿqš'', has the root meaning “twisted” or “perverted,” and was the name of an Israelite (?) ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]] & [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Based on this last root, '''AKISH''' would be a fine name for a wilderness (RFS).
See [[AGOSH|A<small>GOSH</small>]].


[[KISH|K<small>ISH</small>]] is the name of a major Mesopotamian city near [[BABYLON|B<small>ABYLON</small>]] (RFS). See the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] Hittite name for Cyprus, A<small>KISH</small> (HWN in ''LID'' 32, ABM 238). [[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], CBM VI, 41, suggests Semitic, “akash,” to be froward, false.
Though the linguistic and cultural links of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] to the ancient Near East remain uncertain, some conjectures may still be made. The [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] name and word-element [[KISH|K<small>ISH</small>]] appears to be a [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] lexeme, though it may not be a separate lexeme in this name. See [[KISH|K<small>ISH</small>]], [[KISHKUMEN|K<small>ISHKUMEN</small>]]. [[KISH|K<small>ISH</small>]] is also the name of a major Mesopotamian city near [[BABYLON|B<small>ABYLON</small>]] (RFS). [[AKISH|A<small>KISH</small>]] and [[AGOSH|A<small>GOSH</small>]] may be possible by-forms of each other.


See Book of Mormon [[KISH|K<small>ISH</small>]], [[AGOSH|A<small>GOSH</small>]], [[KISHKUMEN|K<small>ISHKUMEN</small>]]
The PN ''Ikausu'' appears in the [[ASSYRIAN|A<small>SSYRIAN</small>]] annals of Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal. The Hebrew PN ''Ikkesh'', cited in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-sam/23.26?lang=eng#25 2 Samuel 23:26] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/11.28?lang=eng#27 1 Chronicles 11:28]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/27.9?lang=eng#8 27:9], is from the Hebrew root ''ʿqs'', "twist, pervert" (RFS & JAT) and would be a very acceptable name for a wilderness (RFS). The biblical PN Achish, cited in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-sam/21.10?lang=eng#9 1 Samuel 21:10] (and in chapters 27-29 passim), is the name of the [[PHILISTINES|P<small>HILISTINE</small>]] king of Gath (as well as the PN of a seventh century B.C. ruler of Ekron, not otherwise cited in the Old Testament) and has been connected with the Aegean name ''Achish'' = ''Ikausu'' (see S. Gittin, in Barry M. Gittlen, ed., ''Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel'' [Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002], 115). A<small>KISH</small> is also, according to Nibley, the Egypto-Hittite name for Cyprus (Hugh Nibley, ''LEhi in the Desert'', chapter 2 = ''CWHN'' 5:32-33, n. 14; id. ''An Approach to the Book of Mormon'', lesson 22 = ''CWHN'' 6:289, n. 31).


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''

Revision as of 12:12, 11 October 2012

Jaredite PN 1. Son of KIMNOR (Ether 8:10, 11 (x2), 13, 14 (x2), 15 (x2), 17 (x2); 9:1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 (x3), 12 (x2))
Jaredite GN 2. Wilderness near the plains of AGOSH and HESHLON (Ether 14:3, 4, 14)

Etymology


Though the linguistic and cultural links of JAREDITE to the ancient Near East remain uncertain, some conjectures may still be made. The JAREDITE name and word-element KISH appears to be a JAREDITE lexeme, though it may not be a separate lexeme in this name. See KISH, KISHKUMEN. KISH is also the name of a major Mesopotamian city near BABYLON (RFS). AKISH and AGOSH may be possible by-forms of each other.

The PN Ikausu appears in the ASSYRIAN annals of Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal. The Hebrew PN Ikkesh, cited in 2 Samuel 23:26 and 1 Chronicles 11:28; 27:9, is from the Hebrew root ʿqs, "twist, pervert" (RFS & JAT) and would be a very acceptable name for a wilderness (RFS). The biblical PN Achish, cited in 1 Samuel 21:10 (and in chapters 27-29 passim), is the name of the PHILISTINE king of Gath (as well as the PN of a seventh century B.C. ruler of Ekron, not otherwise cited in the Old Testament) and has been connected with the Aegean name Achish = Ikausu (see S. Gittin, in Barry M. Gittlen, ed., Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel [Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002], 115). AKISH is also, according to Nibley, the Egypto-Hittite name for Cyprus (Hugh Nibley, LEhi in the Desert, chapter 2 = CWHN 5:32-33, n. 14; id. An Approach to the Book of Mormon, lesson 22 = CWHN 6:289, n. 31).

Variants

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Notes

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