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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 [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] name and word-element [[KISH|K<small>ISH</small>]] appears to be a [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] lexeme, though it may not be a separate lexeme in this name. See [[KISH|K<small>ISH</small>]], [[KISHKUMEN|K<small>ISHKUMEN</small>]]. [[KISH|K<small>ISH</small>]] is also the name of a major Mesopotamian city near [[BABYLON|B<small>ABYLON</small>]] ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). | The [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] name and word-element [[KISH|K<small>ISH</small>]] appears to be a [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] lexeme, though it may not be a separate lexeme in this name. See [[KISH|K<small>ISH</small>]], [[KISHKUMEN|K<small>ISHKUMEN</small>]]. [[KISH|K<small>ISH</small>]] is also the name of a major Mesopotamian city near [[BABYLON|B<small>ABYLON</small>]] ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). '''AKISH''' and [[AGOSH|A<small>GOSH</small>]] may be possible by-forms of each other. | ||
The PN ''Ikausu'' appears in the [[ASSYRIAN|A<small>SSYRIAN</small>]] annals of Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal. The Hebrew PN ''Ikkesh'', cited in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-sam/23.26?lang=eng#25 2 Samuel 23:26] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/11.28?lang=eng#27 1 Chronicles 11:28]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/27.9?lang=eng#8 27:9], is from the Hebrew root ''ʿqs'', "twist, pervert" ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]] & [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]) and would be a very acceptable name for a wilderness ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). The biblical PN Achish, cited in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-sam/21.10?lang=eng#9 1 Samuel 21:10] (and in chapters 27-29 passim), is the name of the [[PHILISTINES|P<small>HILISTINE</small>]] king of Gath (as well as the PN of a seventh century B.C. ruler of Ekron, not otherwise cited in the Old Testament) and has been connected with the Aegean name ''Achish'' = ''Ikausu'' (see S. Gittin, in Barry M. Gittlen, ed., ''Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel'' [Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002], 115). A<small>KISH</small> is also, according to [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]], the Egypto-Hittite name for Cyprus ([[Hugh W. Nibley|Hugh Nibley]], ''Lehi in the Desert'', chapter 2 = ''CWHN'' 5:32-33, n. 14; id. ''An Approach to the Book of Mormon'', lesson 22 = ''CWHN'' 6:289, n. 31). | The PN ''Ikausu'' appears in the [[ASSYRIAN|A<small>SSYRIAN</small>]] annals of Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal. The Hebrew PN ''Ikkesh'', cited in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-sam/23.26?lang=eng#25 2 Samuel 23:26] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/11.28?lang=eng#27 1 Chronicles 11:28]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/27.9?lang=eng#8 27:9], is from the Hebrew root ''ʿqs'', "twist, pervert" ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]] & [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]) and would be a very acceptable name for a wilderness ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). The biblical PN Achish, cited in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-sam/21.10?lang=eng#9 1 Samuel 21:10] (and in chapters 27-29 passim), is the name of the [[PHILISTINES|P<small>HILISTINE</small>]] king of Gath (as well as the PN of a seventh century B.C. ruler of Ekron, not otherwise cited in the Old Testament) and has been connected with the Aegean name ''Achish'' = ''Ikausu'' (see S. Gittin, in Barry M. Gittlen, ed., ''Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel'' [Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002], 115). '''A<small>KISH</small>''' is also, according to [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]], the Egypto-Hittite name for Cyprus ([[Hugh W. Nibley|Hugh Nibley]], ''Lehi in the Desert'', chapter 2 = ''CWHN'' 5:32-33, n. 14; id. ''An Approach to the Book of Mormon'', lesson 22 = ''CWHN'' 6:289, n. 31). | ||
'''Variants''' | '''Variants''' | ||
Revision as of 11:45, 26 June 2013
| Jaredite PN | 1. | Son of KIMNOR (Ether 8:10, 11 (x2), 13, 14 (x2), 15 (x2), 17 (x2); 9:1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 (x3), 12 (x2)) |
| Jaredite GN | 2. | Wilderness near the plains of AGOSH and HESHLON (Ether 14:3, 4, 14) |
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 JAREDITE name and word-element KISH appears to be a JAREDITE lexeme, though it may not be a separate lexeme in this name. See KISH, KISHKUMEN. KISH is also the name of a major Mesopotamian city near BABYLON (RFS). AKISH and AGOSH may be possible by-forms of each other.
The PN Ikausu appears in the ASSYRIAN annals of Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal. The Hebrew PN Ikkesh, cited in 2 Samuel 23:26 and 1 Chronicles 11:28; 27:9, is from the Hebrew root ʿqs, "twist, pervert" (RFS & JAT) and would be a very acceptable name for a wilderness (RFS). The biblical PN Achish, cited in 1 Samuel 21:10 (and in chapters 27-29 passim), is the name of the PHILISTINE king of Gath (as well as the PN of a seventh century B.C. ruler of Ekron, not otherwise cited in the Old Testament) and has been connected with the Aegean name Achish = Ikausu (see S. Gittin, in Barry M. Gittlen, ed., Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel [Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002], 115). AKISH is also, according to Nibley, the Egypto-Hittite name for Cyprus (Hugh Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, chapter 2 = CWHN 5:32-33, n. 14; id. An Approach to the Book of Mormon, lesson 22 = CWHN 6:289, n. 31).
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐁𐐗𐐆𐐟 (eɪkɪʃ)
Notes
