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'''M<small>AMMON</small>''' | The designation '''M<small>AMMON</small>''' in the Book of Mormon comes from the King James Bible spelling in [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/6.24?lang=eng#23 Matthew 6:24] and [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/luke/16.13?lang=eng#12 Luke 16:13] in the New Testament, where the phrase “God and Mammon” is mentioned (cf. [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/luke/16.9,11,13?lang=eng#8 Luke 16:9, 11, 13]). The form of the word in the King James Bible is of Aramaic origin and means simply “riches.” The Hebrew cognate that might have been on a Hebrew vorlage is ''māmōn'', which means, according to Marcus Jastrow, “accumulation, wealth, value,” and is derived from Hebrew ''hāmōn'', “accumulation; large amount.”<ref>Marcus Jastrow, ''A Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature'' (New York: Title Publishing, 1943), 1:794.</ref> Confer Michael Sokoloff in his ''Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic'', who cites ממונא ''mmwnʾ'' as an Aramaic cognate <ref>M. Sokoloff, ''Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic Periods'' [Ramat Gan, Israel: Bar Ilan University, 2002], 682.</ref>; see. also Syriac ''māmōnā'', “money, riches,”<ref>J. Payne Smith, ''Compendious Syriac Dictionary'' [Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1998],</ref> and Punic ''mmn'', “advantage, profit, fortune.” <ref>J. Hoftijzer and K. Jongeling, ''Dictionary of the North-West Inscriptions'' [Leiden: Brill 1995], 2:647</ref> However, according to Ernst Klein, in his ''Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language, māmōn'' may be from ''mʾmwn'', “trust, deposit,” from the verbal root ''ʾmn'', “to trust.”<ref>Ernst Klein, ''Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language'' (Jerusalem: Carta, 1987), 352.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:49, 16 September 2023
| Biblical noun (NT) | 1. | Personification of riches (3 Nephi 13:24) |
Etymology
The designation MAMMON in the Book of Mormon comes from the King James Bible spelling in Matthew 6:24 and Luke 16:13 in the New Testament, where the phrase “God and Mammon” is mentioned (cf. Luke 16:9, 11, 13). The form of the word in the King James Bible is of Aramaic origin and means simply “riches.” The Hebrew cognate that might have been on a Hebrew vorlage is māmōn, which means, according to Marcus Jastrow, “accumulation, wealth, value,” and is derived from Hebrew hāmōn, “accumulation; large amount.”[1] Confer Michael Sokoloff in his Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, who cites ממונא mmwnʾ as an Aramaic cognate [2]; see. also Syriac māmōnā, “money, riches,”[3] and Punic mmn, “advantage, profit, fortune.” [4] However, according to Ernst Klein, in his Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language, māmōn may be from mʾmwn, “trust, deposit,” from the verbal root ʾmn, “to trust.”[5]
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐣𐐈𐐣𐐊𐐤 (mæmʌn)
Notes
- ↑ Marcus Jastrow, A Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (New York: Title Publishing, 1943), 1:794.
- ↑ M. Sokoloff, Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic Periods [Ramat Gan, Israel: Bar Ilan University, 2002], 682.
- ↑ J. Payne Smith, Compendious Syriac Dictionary [Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1998],
- ↑ J. Hoftijzer and K. Jongeling, Dictionary of the North-West Inscriptions [Leiden: Brill 1995], 2:647
- ↑ Ernst Klein, Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language (Jerusalem: Carta, 1987), 352.
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