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|ENISH-GO-ON-DOSH<ref>Compound names of this type are quite common in ancient Egyptian, and hundreds of examples can be found in E. Budge, ''An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary: With an Index of English Words, King List, and Geographical List with Indexes, List of Hieroglyphic Characters, Coptic and Semitic Alphabets'' (London: John Murray, 1920/reprint Dover, 1978).</ref> a governing planet; “the Sun” (Book of Abraham facsimile 2:5); “the power of attraction [it has with the earth]” (J. Smith letter to James A. Bennett, Nov 13, 1843, LDS Archives MS d 155, Box 2, folder 6, sheet 2, page 4)<ref>J. Smith, ''Times & Seasons'', IV:373, Nov 13, 1843.</ref> | |||
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Possibly hypothetical Egyptian *''wnš-ˁЗ-ʼIwnw-tЗš'' “The-great-sledge-of-the-boundary-of-On” (Sahidic Coptic ''tōš'', ''toš'' “boundary, nome”; used in place-name ''ntoš''<ref>Crum, ''Coptic Dictionary'', 452b. This approach is also used by Hugh Nibley in his 1980 "The Three Facsimiles from the Book of Abraham,” 72-73, citing ''Woerterbuch'', V, 235 – as noted by Val Sederholm.</ref> = Egyptian Arabic ''ṭwš'', ''ṭāš'')<ref>Behnstedt & Woidich, ''ägyptisch-arabischen Dialekte'', IV:293, V:383.</ref>; possibly referring to ritual circuit of temple in imitation of circuit of sun<ref>C. J. Bleeker, ''Egyptian Festivals'', 70,85; E. F. Wente, “Egyptian Religion,” in Freedman, ed., ''Anchor Bible Dictionary'', II:409; Budge, ''Gods of the Egyptians'', I:171; Budge, ''Book of the Dead'' (1960), 360 n. 2.</ref>; or *''wnš kЗ int tЗ.s'' “Sledge-of-the-vital-force-of-the-vale-of-Earth” -- ''ʼIwnw'' and ''int'' were actually homonymous and could reflect Coptic ''on'' and ''one''.<ref>Černý, ''Coptic Etymological Dictionary'', 336.</ref> | |||
Val Sederholm suggests comparison with Egyptian ''Dosh'' as Mars, and ''Hor-dosh-dawy'', a name for Jupiter. Sederholm also notes the “pilgrimage cycle described in the Egyptian text Leiden T32."<ref>See his full remarks at http://valsederholm.blogspot.com/2010/04/enish-go-on-dosh.html .</ref> | |||
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| Pearl of Great Price PN | 1. | ENISH-GO-ON-DOSH[1] a governing planet; “the Sun” (Book of Abraham facsimile 2:5); “the power of attraction [it has with the earth]” (J. Smith letter to James A. Bennett, Nov 13, 1843, LDS Archives MS d 155, Box 2, folder 6, sheet 2, page 4)[2] |
Possibly hypothetical Egyptian *wnš-ˁЗ-ʼIwnw-tЗš “The-great-sledge-of-the-boundary-of-On” (Sahidic Coptic tōš, toš “boundary, nome”; used in place-name ntoš[3] = Egyptian Arabic ṭwš, ṭāš)[4]; possibly referring to ritual circuit of temple in imitation of circuit of sun[5]; or *wnš kЗ int tЗ.s “Sledge-of-the-vital-force-of-the-vale-of-Earth” -- ʼIwnw and int were actually homonymous and could reflect Coptic on and one.[6]
Val Sederholm suggests comparison with Egyptian Dosh as Mars, and Hor-dosh-dawy, a name for Jupiter. Sederholm also notes the “pilgrimage cycle described in the Egyptian text Leiden T32."[7]
Notes
- ↑ Compound names of this type are quite common in ancient Egyptian, and hundreds of examples can be found in E. Budge, An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary: With an Index of English Words, King List, and Geographical List with Indexes, List of Hieroglyphic Characters, Coptic and Semitic Alphabets (London: John Murray, 1920/reprint Dover, 1978).
- ↑ J. Smith, Times & Seasons, IV:373, Nov 13, 1843.
- ↑ Crum, Coptic Dictionary, 452b. This approach is also used by Hugh Nibley in his 1980 "The Three Facsimiles from the Book of Abraham,” 72-73, citing Woerterbuch, V, 235 – as noted by Val Sederholm.
- ↑ Behnstedt & Woidich, ägyptisch-arabischen Dialekte, IV:293, V:383.
- ↑ C. J. Bleeker, Egyptian Festivals, 70,85; E. F. Wente, “Egyptian Religion,” in Freedman, ed., Anchor Bible Dictionary, II:409; Budge, Gods of the Egyptians, I:171; Budge, Book of the Dead (1960), 360 n. 2.
- ↑ Černý, Coptic Etymological Dictionary, 336.
- ↑ See his full remarks at http://valsederholm.blogspot.com/2010/04/enish-go-on-dosh.html .
