LURAM

Lehite PN

1.

NEPHITE soldier, 4th c. AD (Moroni 9:2)

Etymology

The name element lrm forms part of an Aramaic PN, ʼdnlrm, found on a seal during the Hama, Syria, excavations. The same PN “is known from graffiti on three eighth-century bricks from” Hama. Nahman Avigad with some uncertainty transliterates the name as “Adanluram.” This Aramaic PN appears to consist of three parts, ʼdn, which means “master” or “lord;” lū, which is probably the precative or asseverative particle lû, and the stative verb rūm, meaning “lifted up, exalted.” LURAM would then mean in the precative “May he be exalted” (PYH), or in the asseverative, “Surely he is exalted” (JAT).

Less likely is a mixed name containing the Sumerian word for “man,” LÚ, and the Akkadian word for “exalted,” rām. Such mixing of languages in ancient Near Eastern names is rather unlikely.

Much less likely is a derivation from Akkadian lurmû “pomegranate (tree).”

See RAMEUMPTOM, RAMAH, RAMATH.

See also Luram / Laram Variants

Variants

Laram

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐢𐐆𐐅𐐡𐐊𐐣 (lɪuːrʌm)

Notes

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