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|Prophet from the Old Testament ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/20/24#24 3 Nephi 20:24])
|A Book of Mormon [[Personal Name|PN]] of a [[LAMANITE(S)|L<small>AMANITE</small>]] prophet ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/13.2,%205?lang=eng#1 Helaman 13:Preface, 2, 5]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/14.1?lang=eng#primary 14:1]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/16.1,%202,%205,%206?lang=eng#primary 16:1, 2, 5, 6]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/1.5,%206,%209?lang=eng#4 3 Nephi 1:5, 6, 9]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/8.3?lang=eng#2 8:3]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/20.24?lang=eng#23 20:24]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/23.9,%2010?lang=eng#8 23:9, 10]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/1.19?lang=eng#18 Mormon 1:19]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/2.10?lang=eng#9 2:10])
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|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
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|Prophet, perhaps named from No. 1, who, being an Ephraimite, was also a descendant of [[JOSEPH]] ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/hel/13/2#2 Helaman 13:2]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/morm/2/10#10 Mormon 2:10])
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SAMUEL is the English rendering of the Hebrew name šĕmûʾēl. Other Hebrew names in the Book of Mormon are also reproduced in their English form and not according to their Hebrew pronunciation. For example, the Book of Mormon has Jacob, not the Hebrew form Ya’ăkōb, and Messiah and not Māšȋāḥ.  
'''Etymology'''
 
The Book of Mormon [[Personal Name|PN]] '''S<small>AMUEL</small>''' is from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] שמואל ''shemuʾēl'' "name of El" or "his name is El"<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']], s.v. שמואל shemu'el.</ref>; cf. Amorite ''Sa-mu-ú-i-la'', ''Sa-mi-ya'', ''Su-mu-i-la'' <ref>[[Herbert B. Huffmon]], [[H. B. Huffmon, Amorite Personal Names in the Mari Texts: A Structural and Lexical Study. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1965.|''Amorite Personal Names in the Mari Texts: A Structural and Lexical Study'']], 247-48.</ref> and Ugaritic ''sm-adil'', ''šum-addi'', ''šumu-abi''.<ref>[[Frauke Gröndahl]], [[Frauke Gröndahl, Die Personennamen der Texte aus Ugarit. Studia Pohl 1. Rome: Pontifical Bible Institute, 1967.|''Die Personennamen der Texte aus Ugarit'']], 193-94.</ref>


SAMUEL is composed of two common Semitic vocables, šm and ʾl. The former means “the name,” “Name,” or even “descendant/offspring;”<ref>HALOT, sub שמואל. See also Scott C. Layton, Archaic Features of Canaanite Personal Names in the Hebrew Bible, Harvard Semitic Monographs 47 (Atlanta, GA: Shcolars Press, 1990), 78, 86, and note 232.</ref>  and the latter is the common Semitic word for “god” or “El.” Thus the name could mean, “Name of God,” “The Name is God/El,” or “Scion of God.”<ref>See HALOT, sub שמואל. For a thorough discussion of the name, see Layton, 78-87.</ref>
'''Variants'''


==Notes==
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐝𐐈𐐣𐐏𐐆𐐅𐐇𐐢 (sæmjɪuːɛl)
 
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'''Bibliography'''
Bowen, Matthew L., “’If Ye Believe on His Name’: Wordplay on the Name Samuel in Helaman 14:2, 12–13 and 3 Nephi 23:9 and the Doctrine of Christ in Samuel’s Speech,” ''Interpreter'', 46 (2021):49-76, online at https://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/if-ye-believe-on-his-name-wordplay-on-the-name-samuel-in-helaman-142-12-13-and-3-nephi-239-and-the-doctrine-of-christ-in-samuels-speech/ .
Smith, Bob, “Where does the name Samuel come from?” ''Quora'', Jan 25, 2020, online at https://www.quora.com/Where-does-the-name-Samuel-come-from/answer/Bob-Smith-3106 .


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Latest revision as of 00:04, 25 October 2023

Lehite PN 1. A Book of Mormon PN of a LAMANITE prophet (Helaman 13:Preface, 2, 5; 14:1; 16:1, 2, 5, 6; 3 Nephi 1:5, 6, 9; 8:3; 20:24; 23:9, 10; Mormon 1:19; 2:10)

Etymology

The Book of Mormon PN SAMUEL is from the HEBREW שמואל shemuʾēl "name of El" or "his name is El"[1]; cf. Amorite Sa-mu-ú-i-la, Sa-mi-ya, Su-mu-i-la [2] and Ugaritic sm-adil, šum-addi, šumu-abi.[3]

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐝𐐈𐐣𐐏𐐆𐐅𐐇𐐢 (sæmjɪuːɛl)

Notes

  1. ↑ HALOT, s.v. שמואל shemu'el.
  2. ↑ Herbert B. Huffmon, Amorite Personal Names in the Mari Texts: A Structural and Lexical Study, 247-48.
  3. ↑ Frauke Gröndahl, Die Personennamen der Texte aus Ugarit, 193-94.

Bibliography

Bowen, Matthew L., “’If Ye Believe on His Name’: Wordplay on the Name Samuel in Helaman 14:2, 12–13 and 3 Nephi 23:9 and the Doctrine of Christ in Samuel’s Speech,” Interpreter, 46 (2021):49-76, online at https://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/if-ye-believe-on-his-name-wordplay-on-the-name-samuel-in-helaman-142-12-13-and-3-nephi-239-and-the-doctrine-of-christ-in-samuels-speech/ .

Smith, Bob, “Where does the name Samuel come from?” Quora, Jan 25, 2020, online at https://www.quora.com/Where-does-the-name-Samuel-come-from/answer/Bob-Smith-3106 .

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