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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. | ||
The name '''K<small>ISH</small>''' is known from several ancient Near Eastern sources: the biblical PN ''qīš'' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), the Sumerian [[Geographical Name|GN]] ''Kish'', *Akkadian ''Kiššatu'', name of a city in north-central | The name '''K<small>ISH</small>''' is known from several ancient Near Eastern sources: the biblical [[Personal Name|PN]] ''qīš'' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), the Sumerian [[Geographical Name|GN]] ''Kish'', *Akkadian ''Kiššatu'', name of a city in north-central | ||
Mesopotamia ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]), and the city near *Ebla, ''giš'' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] also notes that ''akish'' is the [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]]-Hittite name for Cyprus ([[Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon. 3rd ed. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 6. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, FARMS, 1988.|''ABM'']], 238). | Mesopotamia ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]), and the city near *Ebla, ''giš'' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] also notes that ''akish'' is the [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]]-Hittite name for Cyprus ([[Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon. 3rd ed. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 6. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, FARMS, 1988.|''ABM'']], 238). | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 11 November 2014
| Jaredite PN | 1. | King (Ether 1:18, 19; 10:17, 18) |
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Etymology
Until a possible language origin for JAREDITE can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive.
The name KISH is known from several ancient Near Eastern sources: the biblical PN qīš (JAT), the Sumerian GN Kish, *Akkadian Kiššatu, name of a city in north-central Mesopotamia (RFS), and the city near *Ebla, giš (JAT). Nibley also notes that akish is the EGYPTIAN-Hittite name for Cyprus (ABM, 238).
Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, 191, from HEBREW “bow” or “horn,” and p. 46, from Semitic, “straw, forage.”
Cf. Book of Mormon KISHKUMEN, AKISH, AGOSH
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐗𐐆𐐟 (kɪʃ)
Notes
