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Such a name is unlikely to be Northwest Semitic due to the -''nt''- constant combination. In such a case, the -''n''- should assimilate to the -''t''-. | Such a name is unlikely to be Northwest Semitic due to the -''nt''- constant combination. In such a case, the -''n''- should assimilate to the -''t''-. | ||
[[Hugh W. Nibley|Hugh Nibley]] compared the ancient [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] [[Personal Name|PN]] Manti-Mankhi, a prince in Upper [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPT</small>]] ca. 650 B.C.<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]], [[Hugh W. Nibley, "Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites." John W. Welch, Darrell L. Matthews, and Stephen R. Callister, eds. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. 5. Salt Lake City/Provo: Deseret Book/FARMS, 1988.|''Lehi in the Desert'']], | [[Hugh W. Nibley|Hugh Nibley]] compared the ancient [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] [[Personal Name|PN]] Manti-Mankhi, a prince in Upper [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPT</small>]] ca. 650 B.C.<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]], [[Hugh W. Nibley, "Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites." John W. Welch, Darrell L. Matthews, and Stephen R. Callister, eds. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. 5. Salt Lake City/Provo: Deseret Book/FARMS, 1988.|''Lehi in the Desert'']], 27.</ref> referring to the Neo-Assyrian spelling ''Manti'', in this case the [[Personal Name|PN]] in cuneiform ''Manti-m-eḫē'' < [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] [[Personal Name|PN]] ''Mnṯw-m-ḥ3t'' "Month-is-satisfied," or cryptographic ''Mnṯw-mḥjt'' "Month-of-the-North," with hieroglyphs showing the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] god Month sitting down, holding a sail.<ref>Takács, [[Gábor Takács, Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian. 3 vols. HdO Leiden: Brill, 1999, 2001, 2007.|''Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian'']] III:3; cf. Zauzich, ''Hieroglyphs Without Mystery'', 30, 92.</ref> [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] recognized that the name includes a late form of the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] [[Divine Name|DN]] Month/Montu/Mntw, known in Greek as Hermonthis (cf. [[HERMOUNTS|H<small>ERMOUNTS</small>]]).<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]], [[Hugh W. Nibley, "Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites." John W. Welch, Darrell L. Matthews, and Stephen R. Callister, eds. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. 5. Salt Lake City/Provo: Deseret Book/FARMS, 1988.|''Lehi in the Desert'']], 27.</ref> He also lists the forms of Manti, Monti, Menedi, etc., but especially the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] name of a Hittite city, Manda.<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] , [[Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon. 3rd ed. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 6. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, FARMS, 1988.|''An Approach to the Book of Mormon'']], 289.</ref>Unlikely is [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''mnty'' "my portion," again because the -''n''- should assimilate to the -''t''- in Northwest Semitic ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). | ||
Also unlikely are the suggestions that it is [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''man''' "something mysterious,"<ref>[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], ''Dictionary of the Book of Mormon'', 304.</ref> and that it relates "to prophets or oracles."<ref>[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], ''Story of the Book of Mormon'', 299.</ref> ([[Paul Y. Hoskisson|PYH]]) | Also unlikely are the suggestions that it is [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''man''' "something mysterious,"<ref>[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], ''Dictionary of the Book of Mormon'', 304.</ref> and that it relates "to prophets or oracles."<ref>[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], ''Story of the Book of Mormon'', 299.</ref> ([[Paul Y. Hoskisson|PYH]]) | ||
Latest revision as of 11:53, 7 April 2016
| Lehite GN | 1. | Hill of, on which NEHOR is executed, 1st cent. B.C. (Alma 1:15) |
| Lehite PN | 2. | NEPHITE soldier sent to watch AMLICITES, 1st cent. B.C. (Alma 2:22) |
| Lehite GN | 3. | NEPHITE land of, on southern border with LAMANITES (Alma 16:6, 7; 17:1; 22:27; 43:22, 24, 25, 32, 42; 59:6) |
| 4. | NEPHITE city of, chief city of land of MANTI (56:14 (x2); 57:22; 58:1, 13, 25, 26, 27, 28, 39). |
Etymology
No West Semitic etymologies are apparent, below are some other suggestions.
Such a name is unlikely to be Northwest Semitic due to the -nt- constant combination. In such a case, the -n- should assimilate to the -t-.
Hugh Nibley compared the ancient EGYPTIAN PN Manti-Mankhi, a prince in Upper EGYPT ca. 650 B.C.[1] referring to the Neo-Assyrian spelling Manti, in this case the PN in cuneiform Manti-m-eḫē < EGYPTIAN PN Mnṯw-m-ḥ3t "Month-is-satisfied," or cryptographic Mnṯw-mḥjt "Month-of-the-North," with hieroglyphs showing the EGYPTIAN god Month sitting down, holding a sail.[2] Nibley recognized that the name includes a late form of the EGYPTIAN DN Month/Montu/Mntw, known in Greek as Hermonthis (cf. HERMOUNTS).[3] He also lists the forms of Manti, Monti, Menedi, etc., but especially the EGYPTIAN name of a Hittite city, Manda.[4]Unlikely is HEBREW mnty "my portion," again because the -n- should assimilate to the -t- in Northwest Semitic (JAT).
Also unlikely are the suggestions that it is HEBREW man' "something mysterious,"[5] and that it relates "to prophets or oracles."[6] (PYH)
See HERMOUNTS.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐣𐐈𐐤𐐓𐐌 (mæntaɪ)
Notes
- ↑ Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, 27.
- ↑ Takács, Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian III:3; cf. Zauzich, Hieroglyphs Without Mystery, 30, 92.
- ↑ Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, 27.
- ↑ Nibley , An Approach to the Book of Mormon, 289.
- ↑ Reynolds, Dictionary of the Book of Mormon, 304.
- ↑ Reynolds, Story of the Book of Mormon, 299.
Bibliography
Nibley, Hugh W. Lehi in the Desert and the World of the Jaredites, 2nd ed., CWHN V. FARMS/Deseret, 1988. LID
Nibley, Hugh W. An Approach to the Book of Mormon, 3rd ed., CWHN VI. FARMS/Deseret, 1988. ABM
Nibley, Hugh W. Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World. SLC: Deseret Book, 1967 = Collected Works of Hugh Nibley VII. FARMS/Deseret, 1988. SC
Reynolds, George. Dictionary of the Book of Mormon Comprising Its Biographical, Geographical and Other Proper Names. SLC: J.H. Parry, 1891/Deseret Sunday School Union, 1910/1929/P.C. Reynolds, 1954.
Reynolds, George. Story of the Book of Mormon. SLC: J.H. Parry, 1888.
Takács, Gábor. Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, III. Leiden: Brill, 2007. EDE III
Zauzich, Karl-Theodor. Hieroglyphs Without Mystery: An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Writing, trans., A. Roth. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1992.
Name Index
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