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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. | ||
'''AARON''' however is identical to the KJV PN = [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''ʾahărōn'' ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/num/8/2-26#2 Numbers 8:2–26], [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/deut/32/50#50 Deuteronomy 32:50], [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/micah/6/4#4 Micah 6:4]) = LXX Greek ''aarōn''. None of the Book of Mormon uses refer to [[MOSES|M<small>OSES</small>]]’ brother. The etymology of biblical '''A<small>ARON</small>''' remains obscure, with several suggestions having been made, none of which have proven to be widely acceptable. A few of these suggestions follow: | '''AARON''' however is identical to the KJV PN = [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''ʾahărōn'' ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/num/8/2-26#2 Numbers 8:2–26], [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/deut/32/50#50 Deuteronomy 32:50], [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/micah/6/4#4 Micah 6:4]) = [[Abbreviations|LXX]] Greek ''aarōn''. None of the Book of Mormon uses refer to [[MOSES|M<small>OSES</small>]]’ brother. The etymology of biblical '''A<small>ARON</small>''' remains obscure, with several suggestions having been made, none of which have proven to be widely acceptable. A few of these suggestions follow: | ||
According to [[Ran Zadok]], aside from the ''-ōn'' termination typical of name-formation,<ref>[[Ran Zadok|Zadok, Ran]]. ''The Pre-Hellenistic Israelite Anthroponymy and Prosopography'', 102; cf. 160.</ref> the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] etymology is based on ''ʾhr'', which is to *''ʾār'' (from root ''ʾWR'' or ''ʾYR'' | According to [[Ran Zadok]], aside from the ''-ōn'' termination typical of name-formation,<ref>[[Ran Zadok|Zadok, Ran]]. ''The Pre-Hellenistic Israelite Anthroponymy and Prosopography'', 102; cf. 160.</ref> the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] etymology is based on ''ʾhr'', which is to *''ʾār'' (from root ''ʾWR'' or ''ʾYR'' | ||
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Apparently basing their etymology on the Arabic PN Harun “Aaron,” [[George Reynolds|Reynolds]] & [[Janne M. Sjodahl|Sjodahl]] offer “A Mountain of Strength” from Arabic ''harûn'' “mountainous,”<ref>[[George Reynolds|Reynolds, George]], and [[Janne M. Sjodahl]], ''Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', VI:46. </ref> as in Harun al-Rašid. A [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] folk-etymology with the same meaning may also have existed, but we have no evidence of it. | Apparently basing their etymology on the Arabic PN Harun “Aaron,” [[George Reynolds|Reynolds]] & [[Janne M. Sjodahl|Sjodahl]] offer “A Mountain of Strength” from Arabic ''harûn'' “mountainous,”<ref>[[George Reynolds|Reynolds, George]], and [[Janne M. Sjodahl]], ''Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', VI:46. </ref> as in Harun al-Rašid. A [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] folk-etymology with the same meaning may also have existed, but we have no evidence of it. | ||
[[Ludwig Koehler|Koehler]] & [[Walter Baumgartner|Baumgartner]] cited [[Ignaz Hösl|Ignaz Hösl]]’s suggestion that it derived from [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''ʿЗ-rn'' “Great-is-the-name (of God, or of Pharaoh),”<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig]], and [[Walter Baumgartner]], | [[Ludwig Koehler|Koehler]] & [[Walter Baumgartner|Baumgartner]] cited [[Ignaz Hösl|Ignaz Hösl]]’s suggestion that it derived from [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''ʿЗ-rn'' “Great-is-the-name (of God, or of Pharaoh),”<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig]], and [[Walter Baumgartner]], [[Abbreviations|HALOT]], citing Hösl in ''Serta Monacensia für F. Babinger'', 85.</ref> but [[William F. Albright]] doubted it could be shown to be [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]],<ref>[[William F. Albright|Albright, William F.]], ''Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan''. 165 (143-144 in London ed.).</ref> and [[John Gee]] argues that such a correspondence is impossible since (1) there is no ʿ to ''З'' shift in [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] until Ptolemaic times, and (2) Coptic ran, “name,” has a short -a- vowel. Moreover, the -''h''- in ''ʾahărōn'' is absent from the crucial portion of the [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] examples such as ''ʿЗ-Ḥr'' “Horus-is-great” (= Phoenician ''ʿḥr''), ''Ḥr-ʿЗ'', ''ʿImn-ʿЗ'', ''Mwt-ʿЗ, Зst-tЗ-ʿЗ, Зs(t)-ʿЗ(t)'' [= Phoenician ''ʾsʿʾ''], ''Ptḥ-ʿЗ'',<ref>[[Yoshiyuki Muchiki|Muchiki, Yoshiyuki]]. ''Egyptian Proper Names and Loanwords in North-West Semitic'', 15-16.</ref> etc. | ||
Another very unlikely possibility adds a prothetic -''a''-, to a problematic instance of Aramaic ''Ḥrwn'' on a 26th Dynasty Serapeum grave stele as a transliteration of [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''Ḥr-wn'' “Horus-exists,”<ref>[[Yoshiyuki Muchiki|Muchiki]], ''Egyptian Proper Names and Loanwords'', 83, citing Segal, ''Aramaic Texts from North Saqqâra'', 190.</ref> which improperly suggests that -''h''- might derive from -''ḥ''-. | Another very unlikely possibility adds a prothetic -''a''-, to a problematic instance of Aramaic ''Ḥrwn'' on a 26th Dynasty Serapeum grave stele as a transliteration of [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''Ḥr-wn'' “Horus-exists,”<ref>[[Yoshiyuki Muchiki|Muchiki]], ''Egyptian Proper Names and Loanwords'', 83, citing Segal, ''Aramaic Texts from North Saqqâra'', 190.</ref> which improperly suggests that -''h''- might derive from -''ḥ''-. | ||
Revision as of 18:11, 10 February 2014
| Jaredite PN | 1. | JAREDITE son/descendant of HETH, who dwelt in captivity (Ether 1:15, 16; 10:31 (x2)) |
| Lehite PN | 2. | NEPHITE son of MOSIAH II in 1st century B.C. (Mosiah 27:34; 29:2, 3; Alma 20:2; 21:Preface, 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13; 22:1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 35; 23:1, 4, 16; 25:6, 17; 26:10; 27:19, 25; 31:6, 32) |
| 3. | LAMANITE king in 4th century A.D. (Mormon 2:9; Moroni 9:17) | |
| Lehite GN | 4. | City of, near AMMONIHAH, NEPHIHAH, and MORONI (Alma 8:13; 50:14 (x2)) |
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Etymology
Until a possible language origin for JAREDITE can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive.
AARON however is identical to the KJV PN = HEBREW ʾahărōn (Numbers 8:2–26, Deuteronomy 32:50, Micah 6:4) = LXX Greek aarōn. None of the Book of Mormon uses refer to MOSES’ brother. The etymology of biblical AARON remains obscure, with several suggestions having been made, none of which have proven to be widely acceptable. A few of these suggestions follow:
According to Ran Zadok, aside from the -ōn termination typical of name-formation,[1] the HEBREW etymology is based on ʾhr, which is to *ʾār (from root ʾWR or ʾYR “give light”)[2] as -rhm (of ʾAbrāhām) is to rām, thus possibly meaning something like “Light-giver.”
Apparently basing their etymology on the Arabic PN Harun “Aaron,” Reynolds & Sjodahl offer “A Mountain of Strength” from Arabic harûn “mountainous,”[3] as in Harun al-Rašid. A HEBREW folk-etymology with the same meaning may also have existed, but we have no evidence of it.
Koehler & Baumgartner cited Ignaz Hösl’s suggestion that it derived from EGYPTIAN ʿЗ-rn “Great-is-the-name (of God, or of Pharaoh),”[4] but William F. Albright doubted it could be shown to be EGYPTIAN,[5] and John Gee argues that such a correspondence is impossible since (1) there is no ʿ to З shift in EGYPTIAN until Ptolemaic times, and (2) Coptic ran, “name,” has a short -a- vowel. Moreover, the -h- in ʾahărōn is absent from the crucial portion of the EGYPTIAN examples such as ʿЗ-Ḥr “Horus-is-great” (= Phoenician ʿḥr), Ḥr-ʿЗ, ʿImn-ʿЗ, Mwt-ʿЗ, Зst-tЗ-ʿЗ, Зs(t)-ʿЗ(t) [= Phoenician ʾsʿʾ], Ptḥ-ʿЗ,[6] etc.
Another very unlikely possibility adds a prothetic -a-, to a problematic instance of Aramaic Ḥrwn on a 26th Dynasty Serapeum grave stele as a transliteration of EGYPTIAN Ḥr-wn “Horus-exists,”[7] which improperly suggests that -h- might derive from -ḥ-.
See PAHORON/PAHORAN, PHARAOH.
See also Comnor / Comron Variant
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐁𐐡𐐊𐐤 (eɪrʌn)
Notes
- ↑ Zadok, Ran. The Pre-Hellenistic Israelite Anthroponymy and Prosopography, 102; cf. 160.
- ↑ Zadok, Ran. The Pre-Hellenistic Israelite Anthroponymy and Prosopography, 102, citing Albright, JBL 46 (1927):172ff.
- ↑ Reynolds, George, and Janne M. Sjodahl, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI:46.
- ↑ Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, HALOT, citing Hösl in Serta Monacensia für F. Babinger, 85.
- ↑ Albright, William F., Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan. 165 (143-144 in London ed.).
- ↑ Muchiki, Yoshiyuki. Egyptian Proper Names and Loanwords in North-West Semitic, 15-16.
- ↑ Muchiki, Egyptian Proper Names and Loanwords, 83, citing Segal, Aramaic Texts from North Saqqâra, 190.
Bibliography
- Albright, William F., Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan: A Historical Analysis of Two Contrasting Faiths. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1968. Pagination differs from London edition. YGC
- Hösl, Ignaz. “Zur orientalistischen Namenskunde: Maria–Moses–Aaron: Eine philologische Studie,” in Serta Monacensia für F. Babinger, 80–85. Leiden: Brill, 1952.
- Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, 5 vols., revised by W. Baumgartner & Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. HALOT
- Muchiki, Yoshiyuki. Egyptian Proper Names and Loanwords in North-West Semitic, SBL Dissertation Series 173. Atlanta: SBL, 1999.
- Reynolds, George, and Janne M. Sjodahl, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, 7 vols., P. C. Reynolds, ed. SLC: Deseret Book, 1955-1961. CBM
- Segal, J. B. The Aramaic Texts from North Saqqâra with Some Fragments in Phoenician. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1983.
- Tvedtnes, John A. “What’s in a Name? A Look at the Book of Mormon Onomasticon.” FARMS Review of Books 8/2 (1996):34–42.
- Zadok, Ran. The Pre-Hellenistic Israelite Anthroponymy and Prosopography, OLA 28. Louvain: Peeters, 1988.
