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'''H<small>AGOTH</small>''' | '''H<small>AGOTH</small>''' may derive from the Hebrew ''hāgâ'' “he mused, devised; meditated” ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/1.2?lang=eng#1 Psalms 1:2], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/2.1?lang=eng#1 2:1], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/38.12?lang=eng#1 38:12], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/63.6?lang=eng#1 63:6], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/77.12?lang=eng#1 77:12], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/143.5?lang=eng#1 143:5], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/1.8?lang=eng#7 Joshua 1:8]), and ''hāgût'' “musing, meditation” in [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/49.3?lang=eng#2 Psalm 49:3] (verse 4 in Hebrew) – in either the intensive plural ''hagôt'' “devisings,” or abstract “curious, skillful,” i.e., with either an abstract nominal termination in -''ôt'', -''ût'' typical of biblical Hebrew, Arabic, East Semitic, and Egyptian,<ref>Joüon & Muraoka, ''A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew'', 2nd ed., with corr., §§88Mj,k, 136f; Lipiński, ''Semitic Languages'', §§ 29.46 Egyptian ''iЗwt'' “old age,” 29.47 Hebrew ''ḥokmōt'' “wisdom,” 30.3 ''malkūt'' “kingship,” 31.16 Assyro-Babylonian ''šarrūtu'' “kingship”; Hebrew ''niplĕʼôt'' “wonders, wonderful things,” Williamson, ''Annotated Key'', 175 (Exodus 3:20); ''hammōṣĕʼôt'' “all the things which had befallen (them)” ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/2.23?lang=eng#22 Joshua 2:23]), cited in Williamson, ''Annotated Key'', 183, re Lambdin, ''Introduction to Biblical Hebrew'', lesson 41, exercise (a) note 2; Joel Burnett, ''A Reassessment of Biblical Elohim'' (Atlanta: SBL, 2001); A. Cowley & E. Kautzsch, ''Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar'', 2nd ed. (Oxford, 1910), § 145 h-o; the last two sources cited by Ryan C. Davies and Paul Y. Hoskisson, “Usage of the Title elohim in the Hebrew Bible and Early Latter-day Saints,” in A. Skinner, M. Davis, and C. Griffin, eds., ''Bountiful Harvest: Essays in Honor of S. Kent Brown'' (Provo: Maxwell Institute/BYU, 2011), 113-135.</ref> or as an intensive plural.<ref>Cf. [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] “Bible Dictionary,” 620, at “[https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bd/behemoth?lang=eng&letter=b Behemoth].”</ref> The -''ôt'' ending is used, in any case, as a termination for both feminine and masculine nouns.<ref>Joüon & Muraoka, ''A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew'', 2nd ed., with corr., §90d.</ref> From the same root compare “meditation” in [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/19.14?lang=eng#13 Psalm 19:14] (verse 15 in Hebrew) and the technical term Higgaion in [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/9.16?lang=eng#15 Psalm 9:16] (verse 17 in Hebrew), possibly a musical directive. | ||
'''H<small>AGOTH</small>''' is said to be “an exceedingly curious man,” where ''curious'' probably does not mean ''inquisitive'', but rather “careful; studious, attentive” ([[J. A. Simpson, The Oxford English dictionary. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon press, 1989.|''OED'']]),<ref>See also Noah Webster, ''An American Dictionary of the English Language'', 2 vols., 1st ed. (N.Y.: S. Converse, 1828), meaning #7, “wrought with care and art; elegant; neat; finished; as a curious girdle; curious work,” citing [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ex/28.8,27?lang=eng#7 Exodus 28:8,27], [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ex/35.32?lang=eng#31 35:32] (''maḥašābōt''), meaning #8, “Requiring care and nicety; as curious arts,” citing [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/acts/19.19?lang=eng#18 Acts 19:19] (''perierga'' “magic”), online at http://machaut.uchicago.edu/websters .</ref> and “skillful; erudite; careful, diligent” (Chaucer),<ref>F. N. Robinson, ed., ''The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer'', 2nd ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957), 942.; | |||
Webster, Noah. ''An American Dictionary of the English Language'', 2 vols., 1st ed. N.Y.: S. Converse, 1828. Online at http://machaut.uchicago.edu/websters .</ref> which fits well with the Hebrew root ''hāgâ''. | |||
Another possible Hebrew etymology is a form of ''ḥgg'', with its meanings of ''festival'', or pilgrimage in Arabic, ''ḥajj''; ''feast'' in Old South Arabic, ''ḥg, ḥgt''. The biblical masculine [[Personal Name|PN]] Haggai and the feminine Haggith derive from this root. Therefore, a hypothetical Hebrew word from this root, ''*ḥagôt'', with the abstract ending –''ôt'', could mean “jubilation, joy; pilgrimage.” The Hebrew word is also cognate with ancient Egyptian ''ḥЗg'' “be glad,” and the reduplicated Hebrew ''ḥāgag'' “celebrate, dance,” with Egyptian ''ḥЗgЗg'' “rejoice.” | |||
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Etymology
HAGOTH may derive from the Hebrew hāgâ “he mused, devised; meditated” (Psalms 1:2, 2:1, 38:12, 63:6, 77:12, 143:5, Joshua 1:8), and hāgût “musing, meditation” in Psalm 49:3 (verse 4 in Hebrew) – in either the intensive plural hagôt “devisings,” or abstract “curious, skillful,” i.e., with either an abstract nominal termination in -ôt, -ût typical of biblical Hebrew, Arabic, East Semitic, and Egyptian,[1] or as an intensive plural.[2] The -ôt ending is used, in any case, as a termination for both feminine and masculine nouns.[3] From the same root compare “meditation” in Psalm 19:14 (verse 15 in Hebrew) and the technical term Higgaion in Psalm 9:16 (verse 17 in Hebrew), possibly a musical directive.
HAGOTH is said to be “an exceedingly curious man,” where curious probably does not mean inquisitive, but rather “careful; studious, attentive” (OED),[4] and “skillful; erudite; careful, diligent” (Chaucer),[5] which fits well with the Hebrew root hāgâ.
Another possible Hebrew etymology is a form of ḥgg, with its meanings of festival, or pilgrimage in Arabic, ḥajj; feast in Old South Arabic, ḥg, ḥgt. The biblical masculine PN Haggai and the feminine Haggith derive from this root. Therefore, a hypothetical Hebrew word from this root, *ḥagôt, with the abstract ending –ôt, could mean “jubilation, joy; pilgrimage.” The Hebrew word is also cognate with ancient Egyptian ḥЗg “be glad,” and the reduplicated Hebrew ḥāgag “celebrate, dance,” with Egyptian ḥЗgЗg “rejoice.”
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐐𐐁𐐘𐐉𐐛 (heɪɡɒθ)
Notes
- ↑ Joüon & Muraoka, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, 2nd ed., with corr., §§88Mj,k, 136f; Lipiński, Semitic Languages, §§ 29.46 Egyptian iЗwt “old age,” 29.47 Hebrew ḥokmōt “wisdom,” 30.3 malkūt “kingship,” 31.16 Assyro-Babylonian šarrūtu “kingship”; Hebrew niplĕʼôt “wonders, wonderful things,” Williamson, Annotated Key, 175 (Exodus 3:20); hammōṣĕʼôt “all the things which had befallen (them)” (Joshua 2:23), cited in Williamson, Annotated Key, 183, re Lambdin, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, lesson 41, exercise (a) note 2; Joel Burnett, A Reassessment of Biblical Elohim (Atlanta: SBL, 2001); A. Cowley & E. Kautzsch, Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar, 2nd ed. (Oxford, 1910), § 145 h-o; the last two sources cited by Ryan C. Davies and Paul Y. Hoskisson, “Usage of the Title elohim in the Hebrew Bible and Early Latter-day Saints,” in A. Skinner, M. Davis, and C. Griffin, eds., Bountiful Harvest: Essays in Honor of S. Kent Brown (Provo: Maxwell Institute/BYU, 2011), 113-135.
- ↑ Cf. LDS “Bible Dictionary,” 620, at “Behemoth.”
- ↑ Joüon & Muraoka, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, 2nd ed., with corr., §90d.
- ↑ See also Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols., 1st ed. (N.Y.: S. Converse, 1828), meaning #7, “wrought with care and art; elegant; neat; finished; as a curious girdle; curious work,” citing Exodus 28:8,27, 35:32 (maḥašābōt), meaning #8, “Requiring care and nicety; as curious arts,” citing Acts 19:19 (perierga “magic”), online at http://machaut.uchicago.edu/websters .
- ↑ F. N. Robinson, ed., The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 2nd ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957), 942.; Webster, Noah. An American Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols., 1st ed. N.Y.: S. Converse, 1828. Online at http://machaut.uchicago.edu/websters .
Bibliography
Joüon, P., and T. Muraoka. A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, 2nd ed., with corr. Rome: Gregorian & Biblical Press, 2011.
