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'''Etymology''' | '''Etymology''' | ||
Cf. the KJV GN Gidom = infinitive construct | Cf. the KJV GN Gidom = infinitive construct [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''gidʿōm'' “they had been cut down,” with 3rd masculine plural suffix ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg/20/45#45 Judges 20:45]; [[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]),<ref>G. Herion, “Gidom,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, II:1015.</ref> and ''gidu'', a village near Ebla ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).<ref>Pettinato, Archives.</ref> This may simply be the mimated form of [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''gidʿôn'' “Iconoclast, Destroyer, Slasher, Hacker, Hewer” ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg/6/11-40#11 Judges 6:11][http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg –] [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg/8/1-35#1 8:35]), which is the alternate name of Jerubaʿal.<ref>Albright, YGC, 199 n. 101; R. Boling, “Gideon,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, II:1013-1015.</ref> | ||
The etymology remains obscure, though | The etymology remains obscure, though [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''gīd'', “sinew,” is not impossible (see the “sinew” incident in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gen/32 Genesis 32]) ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]). [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] suggests a corruption of the Meroitic (i.e., post-[[LEHI|L<small>EHI</small>]], *Nubian/[[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]]) names [[KIB|K<small>IB</small>]] and Keb.<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]], Since Cumorah 194.</ref> If this name is related to the Book of Mormon names [[GIDDIANHI|G<small>IDDIANHI</small>]] and [[GIDDONAH|G<small>IDDONAH</small>]] or [[GIDGIDDONAH|G<small>IDGIDDONAH</small>]], then the root would | ||
be ''*gdd'' or ''gdgd'', respectively. | be ''*gdd'' or ''gdgd'', respectively. | ||
It would be a variant of ''gād'', “luck, etc.” (See [[GAD|G<small>AD</small>]] above), though this seems less likely because the vowel quality of ''gād'' as a noun is phonemic. Even less likely is a derivation from the | It would be a variant of ''gād'', “luck, etc.” (See [[GAD|G<small>AD</small>]] above), though this seems less likely because the vowel quality of ''gād'' as a noun is phonemic. Even less likely is a derivation from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] PN [[GIDEON|G<small>IDEON</small>]], though '''GID''' may be a hypocoristicon thereof ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). Cf. The [[SAMARIA|S<small>AMARIA</small>]] ostraca seal PN ''gdyhw'' (''ABM'', 237), which as a hypocoristicon would be ''gd''. | ||
See [[GAD|G<small>AD</small>]], [[AMGID|A<small>MGID</small>]], [[GIDDIANHI|G<small>IDDIANHI</small>]], [[GIDDONAH|G<small>IDDONAH</small>]], [[GIDGIDDONAH|G<small>IDGIDDONAH</small>]], [[GIDGIDDONI|G<small>IDGIDDONI</small>]]. | See [[GAD|G<small>AD</small>]], [[AMGID|A<small>MGID</small>]], [[GIDDIANHI|G<small>IDDIANHI</small>]], [[GIDDONAH|G<small>IDDONAH</small>]], [[GIDGIDDONAH|G<small>IDGIDDONAH</small>]], [[GIDGIDDONI|G<small>IDGIDDONI</small>]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:57, 24 October 2013
| Lehite PN | 1. | Officer, 1st century BC (Alma 57:28, 29, 30, 36; 58:16, 17, 19, 20, 23) |
| Lehite GN | 2. | City, ca. 67 BC (Alma 51:26; 55:7, 16, 25, 26; Helaman 5:15 (x2)) |
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Etymology
Cf. the KJV GN Gidom = infinitive construct HEBREW gidʿōm “they had been cut down,” with 3rd masculine plural suffix (Judges 20:45; JH),[1] and gidu, a village near Ebla (JAT).[2] This may simply be the mimated form of HEBREW gidʿôn “Iconoclast, Destroyer, Slasher, Hacker, Hewer” (Judges 6:11– 8:35), which is the alternate name of Jerubaʿal.[3] The etymology remains obscure, though HEBREW gīd, “sinew,” is not impossible (see the “sinew” incident in Genesis 32) (JH). Nibley suggests a corruption of the Meroitic (i.e., post-LEHI, *Nubian/EGYPTIAN) names KIB and Keb.[4] If this name is related to the Book of Mormon names GIDDIANHI and GIDDONAH or GIDGIDDONAH, then the root would be *gdd or gdgd, respectively.
It would be a variant of gād, “luck, etc.” (See GAD above), though this seems less likely because the vowel quality of gād as a noun is phonemic. Even less likely is a derivation from the HEBREW PN GIDEON, though GID may be a hypocoristicon thereof (RFS). Cf. The SAMARIA ostraca seal PN gdyhw (ABM, 237), which as a hypocoristicon would be gd.
See GAD, AMGID, GIDDIANHI, GIDDONAH, GIDGIDDONAH, GIDGIDDONI.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐘𐐆𐐔 (ɡɪd)
Notes
