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Until a possible language origin for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive. | Until a possible language origin for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive. | ||
If [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names can be traced to Semitic roots, one may suggest the | If [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names can be traced to Semitic roots, one may suggest the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''lābīʾ'', "lion," where the "be" is pronounced as a "v" sound (in linguistic terminology, the intervocalic spirantization of a stop),<ref>Edward Lipinski, ''Semitic Languages" Outline of a Comparative Grammar'' (Leuven: Peeters, 1997), 96-99.</ref> or from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] root *''LWH'', "accompany; (in passive/middle form) be joined, join oneself (to)."<ref>''HALOT''.</ref> The Biblical PN '''LEVI''' may derive from the latter root. | ||
'''Variants''' | '''Variants''' | ||
Revision as of 10:47, 24 October 2013
| Jaredite PN | 1. | JAREDITE king (Ether 1:20, 21; 10:14, 15) |
| Biblical PN | 2. | Son of JACOB (3 Nephi 24:3) |
Etymology
Until a possible language origin for JAREDITE can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive.
If JAREDITE names can be traced to Semitic roots, one may suggest the HEBREW lābīʾ, "lion," where the "be" is pronounced as a "v" sound (in linguistic terminology, the intervocalic spirantization of a stop),[1] or from the HEBREW root *LWH, "accompany; (in passive/middle form) be joined, join oneself (to)."[2] The Biblical PN LEVI may derive from the latter root.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐢𐐀𐐚𐐌 (liːvaɪ)
Notes
