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|An ancient Near Eastern region ([http://scriptures.lds.org/ | |An ancient Near Eastern region ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/12.13?lang=eng#12 2 Nephi 12:13] = [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/2.13?lang=eng#12 Isaiah 2:13]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/20.24?lang=eng#23 2 Nephi 20:24] = [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/10.34?lang=eng#33 Isaiah 10:34]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/24.8?lang=eng#7 2 Nephi 24:8] = [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/14.8?lang=eng#7 Isaiah 14:8]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/27.28?lang=eng#27 2 Nephi 27:28] = [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/29.17?lang=eng#16 Isaiah 29:17]) | ||
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''' | '''Etymology''' | ||
== | The [[Geographical Name|GN]] '''L<small>EBANON</small>''' לבנון is the name of a mountainous region north of [[ISRAEL|I<small>SRAEL</small>]] mentioned four times in the [[ISAIAH|I<small>SAIAH</small>]] section of the Book of Mormon but not mentioned as a separate [[Personal Name|PN]] or [[Geographical Name|GN]] in the Book of Mormon. The name '''L<small>EBANON</small>''' contains an ''-ôn'' ending indicating a "place of whiteness" (perhaps suggesting the color of snow in the mountains). The German scholar, Wilhelm Borée, in his in-depth study, ''Die alten Ortsnamen Palästinas (The Ancient Place Names of Palastine)'', cites fully eighty-four ancient Canaanite place names with the ending ''-ôn'' in biblical and extrabiblical sources ([[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] and Mesopotamian writings, the El-Amarna letters, ostraca), including Ayyalon (Elon) ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/19.42-43?lang=eng#41 Joshua 19:42-43]), Eltekon ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/15.59?lang=eng#58 Joshua 15:59]), Ashkelon ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/judg/1.18?lang=eng#17 Judges 1:18]), Gibeon ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/9.3?lang=eng#2 Joshua 9:3]), Gibbethon ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/19.44?lang=eng#43 Joshua 19:44]), Dishon ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/36.21?lang=eng#20 Genesis 36:21]), Ziphron ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/34.9?lang=eng#8 Numbers 34:9]), Helbon ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/ezek/27.18?lang=eng#17 Ezekiel 27:18]), Holon ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/21.15?lang=eng#14 Joshua 21:15]), Hammon ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/19.28?lang=eng#27 Joshua 19:28]), Hebron ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/10.36?lang=eng#35 Joshua 10:36]), Hannathon ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/19.14?lang=eng#13 Joshua 19:14]), Dibon ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/21.30?lang=eng#29 Numbers 21:30]), and Heshbon ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/21.30?lang=eng#29 Numbers 21:30]).<ref>Wilhelm Borée, ''Die alten Ortsnamen Palästinas (The Ancient Place Names of Palastine)'' 2nd ed. (Leipzig, 1930); Anson F. Rainey, "Toponymics od Erets-Israel," ''Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research'' 231(1978):5, calls ''-ôn'' an "appellative" suffix that describes "some feature or aspect of the site."</ref> | ||
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'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐢𐐇𐐒𐐈𐐤𐐊𐐤 (lɛbænʌn) | |||
'''Notes''' | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:35, 11 August 2023
| Biblical GN | 1. | An ancient Near Eastern region (2 Nephi 12:13 = Isaiah 2:13; 2 Nephi 20:24 = Isaiah 10:34; 2 Nephi 24:8 = Isaiah 14:8; 2 Nephi 27:28 = Isaiah 29:17) |
Etymology
The GN LEBANON לבנון is the name of a mountainous region north of ISRAEL mentioned four times in the ISAIAH section of the Book of Mormon but not mentioned as a separate PN or GN in the Book of Mormon. The name LEBANON contains an -ôn ending indicating a "place of whiteness" (perhaps suggesting the color of snow in the mountains). The German scholar, Wilhelm Borée, in his in-depth study, Die alten Ortsnamen Palästinas (The Ancient Place Names of Palastine), cites fully eighty-four ancient Canaanite place names with the ending -ôn in biblical and extrabiblical sources (EGYPTIAN and Mesopotamian writings, the El-Amarna letters, ostraca), including Ayyalon (Elon) (Joshua 19:42-43), Eltekon (Joshua 15:59), Ashkelon (Judges 1:18), Gibeon (Joshua 9:3), Gibbethon (Joshua 19:44), Dishon (Genesis 36:21), Ziphron (Numbers 34:9), Helbon (Ezekiel 27:18), Holon (Joshua 21:15), Hammon (Joshua 19:28), Hebron (Joshua 10:36), Hannathon (Joshua 19:14), Dibon (Numbers 21:30), and Heshbon (Numbers 21:30).[1]
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐢𐐇𐐒𐐈𐐤𐐊𐐤 (lɛbænʌn)
Notes
- ↑ Wilhelm Borée, Die alten Ortsnamen Palästinas (The Ancient Place Names of Palastine) 2nd ed. (Leipzig, 1930); Anson F. Rainey, "Toponymics od Erets-Israel," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 231(1978):5, calls -ôn an "appellative" suffix that describes "some feature or aspect of the site."
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