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'''Etymology''' | '''Etymology''' | ||
It is possible but unlikely that ''' | It is possible but unlikely that '''S<small>IDOM</small>''' is a mimated form of [[SIDON|S<small>IDON</small>]], the name of a river in the Book of Mormon and a city in biblical Phoenicia. The etymology of the biblical [[Geographical Name|GN]] is not certain,<ref>''[[J. Hoftijzer, and K. Jongeling, Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions. 2nd ed. HOSANE/HOSNME 21 Leiden/N.Y.: Brill, 2003.|DNWSI]]'' gives “uncert[ain] meaning” for ''ṣd'' and “unknown meaning” for ''ṣdn'', and has no entry for ''ṣwd''.</ref> but it may come from [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] צוד ''ṣwd'', “to catch, hunt,” and if it does, -''ôn'' may be an ending that could be replaced by the –''ôm'' ending. | ||
The biblical GN ''Sodom'' is voweled in the Masoretic text as '' | The biblical [[Geographical Name|GN]] סדם ''Sodom'' is voweled in the Masoretic text as ''sĕdôm'', which could easily yield '''S<small>IDOM</small>''' in the Book of Mormon. However, as the [[King James Version|KJV]] ''Sodom'' rendering makes clear, the Masoretic text voweling masks the etymology of the [[Geographical Name|GN]] as ''Sodom''. Septuagint Σόδομα, Ugaritic ''sú-du-mu'' and ''sú-dú-mu'', and often סודם, ''swdm'', in the Qumran texts (e.g., 1QIsa 1:9) support the reading ''Sodom''. The evidence from Eblaite is ambiguous: ''si-da-mu<sup>ki</sup>'' would support the Masoretic pointing, but ''sa-dam<sup>ki</sup>'' would not. Despite these difficulties, Book of Mormon '''S<small>IDOM</small>''' could be derived from biblical Sodom.<ref>Deriving Lehite '''S<small>IDOM</small>''' from biblical ''Sodom'' would require using the Masoretic voweling, ''sĕdôm'', which is an impossible temporal leap.</ref> | ||
The biblical GN ''Siddim'', a valley ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/14.3?lang=eng#2 Gen. 14:3]), is at best only a distant possibility. Biblical ''śiddîm'' has the structure of a [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] masculine plural, which would preclude the Book of Mormon pronunciation, that is, the /î/ could not morph into /o/. | The biblical [[Geographical Name|GN]] שדים ''Siddim'', a valley ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/14.3?lang=eng#2 Gen. 14:3]), is at best only a distant possibility. Biblical ''śiddîm'' has the structure of a [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] masculine plural, which would preclude the Book of Mormon pronunciation, that is, the /î/ could not morph into /o/. | ||
Cf. Book of Mormon [[SIDON|S<small>IDON</small>]]. | Cf. Book of Mormon [[SIDON|S<small>IDON</small>]]. | ||
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'''Notes''' | '''Notes''' | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:59, 22 November 2023
| Lehite GN | 1. | Land (and city?), 2nd c. BC (Alma 15:1; 15:17; Alma 2:17 in P and 1830 has Sidom, which is almost certainly a mistake by the typesetter for Sidon). |
Etymology
It is possible but unlikely that SIDOM is a mimated form of SIDON, the name of a river in the Book of Mormon and a city in biblical Phoenicia. The etymology of the biblical GN is not certain,[1] but it may come from HEBREW צוד ṣwd, “to catch, hunt,” and if it does, -ôn may be an ending that could be replaced by the –ôm ending.
The biblical GN סדם Sodom is voweled in the Masoretic text as sĕdôm, which could easily yield SIDOM in the Book of Mormon. However, as the KJV Sodom rendering makes clear, the Masoretic text voweling masks the etymology of the GN as Sodom. Septuagint Σόδομα, Ugaritic sú-du-mu and sú-dú-mu, and often סודם, swdm, in the Qumran texts (e.g., 1QIsa 1:9) support the reading Sodom. The evidence from Eblaite is ambiguous: si-da-muki would support the Masoretic pointing, but sa-damki would not. Despite these difficulties, Book of Mormon SIDOM could be derived from biblical Sodom.[2]
The biblical GN שדים Siddim, a valley (Gen. 14:3), is at best only a distant possibility. Biblical śiddîm has the structure of a HEBREW masculine plural, which would preclude the Book of Mormon pronunciation, that is, the /î/ could not morph into /o/.
Cf. Book of Mormon SIDON.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐝𐐌𐐔𐐊𐐣 (saɪdʌm)
Notes
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