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'''Etymology''' | '''Etymology''' | ||
A Hebrew and an [[ | A Hebrew and an [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] etymology are possible. Biblical Mount Herman, if the ''-ts'' and the change in vowel quality can be accounted for, seems the most likely source. | ||
[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] has suggested the [[ | [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] has suggested the [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] district Hermonthis, the land of Mont, the [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] Pan, god of wild places and things. The Book of Mormon land is the wild borderland | ||
country “infested by wild and ravenous beasts” ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/2/37#37 Alma 2:37]) and thus fits the name (''SC'', 192). However, the name Hermonthis is the Greek rendering from the Coptic | country “infested by wild and ravenous beasts” ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/2/37#37 Alma 2:37]) and thus fits the name (''SC'', 192). However, the name Hermonthis is the Greek rendering from the Coptic | ||
''armant'', which itself comes from the [[ | ''armant'', which itself comes from the [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''pr-mnt''', “house of Mont.” Since [[LEHI|L<small>EHI</small>]] would not have had access to Greek renderings of Coptic GNs, and since the [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] | ||
GN could hardly have been the source for '''HERMOUNTS''', this [[ | GN could hardly have been the source for '''HERMOUNTS''', this [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] etymology is doubtful ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). | ||
Cf. [[MANTI|M<small>ANTI</small>]]. | Cf. [[MANTI|M<small>ANTI</small>]]. |
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Lehite GN | Wilderness, ca. ___ (Alma 2:37) |
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Etymology
A Hebrew and an EGYPTIAN etymology are possible. Biblical Mount Herman, if the -ts and the change in vowel quality can be accounted for, seems the most likely source. Nibley has suggested the EGYPTIAN district Hermonthis, the land of Mont, the EGYPTIAN Pan, god of wild places and things. The Book of Mormon land is the wild borderland country “infested by wild and ravenous beasts” (Alma 2:37) and thus fits the name (SC, 192). However, the name Hermonthis is the Greek rendering from the Coptic armant, which itself comes from the EGYPTIAN pr-mnt', “house of Mont.” Since LEHI would not have had access to Greek renderings of Coptic GNs, and since the EGYPTIAN GN could hardly have been the source for HERMOUNTS, this EGYPTIAN etymology is doubtful (RFS).
Cf. MANTI.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐐𐐊𐐡𐐣𐐂𐐤𐐓𐐝 (hʌrmɑːnts)
Notes