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The [[Geographical Name|GN]] '''J<small>OSHUA</small>''' may be from the [[Abbreviations|OT]] PN '''J<small>OSHUA</small>''', from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''yehôšûaʿ'', "the Lord is salvation, deliverance, help," ([[ | The [[Geographical Name|GN]] '''J<small>OSHUA</small>''' may be from the [[Abbreviations|OT]] PN '''J<small>OSHUA</small>''', from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''yehôšûaʿ'', "the Lord is salvation, deliverance, help," ([[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']]). The land may well have been named after its first settler, since "it was the custom of the people of Nephi to call their lands, and their cities, and their villages, yea, even their small villages, after the name of him who first possessed them" ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/8.7?lang=eng#6 Alma 8:7]). | ||
<div style="text-align: right;">[[Stephen D. Ricks|SDR]]</div> | <div style="text-align: right;">[[Stephen D. Ricks|SDR]]</div> | ||
Revision as of 09:30, 7 October 2014
| Nephite GN | 1. | a land in NEPHITE territory "in the borders west by the seashore" (Mormon 2:6) |
Etymology
The GN JOSHUA may be from the OT PN JOSHUA, from the HEBREW yehôšûaʿ, "the Lord is salvation, deliverance, help," (HALOT). The land may well have been named after its first settler, since "it was the custom of the people of Nephi to call their lands, and their cities, and their villages, yea, even their small villages, after the name of him who first possessed them" (Alma 8:7).
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐖𐐉𐐟𐐆𐐅𐐂 (dʒɒʃɪuɑː)
Notes
