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'''A<small>MINADAB</small>''' is a name given to figures in both [[ISRAELITES|I<small>SRAELITE</small>]] and [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] history (in English translations of the Bible, the name is given as Amminadab - whereas in [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] the ''m'' is doubled with a dagesh which would not necessarily appear doubled in the reformed Egyptian of the Gold Plates). cf. [[King James Version|KJV]] [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ex/6.23?lang=eng#22 Exodus 6:23]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/1.7?lang=eng#6 Numbers 1:7]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/2.3?lang=eng#2 2:3]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/7.12,%2017?lang=eng#11 7:12, 17]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/10.14?lang=eng#13 10:14]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ruth/4.19,%2020?lang=eng#18 Ruth 4:19, 20]). The meaning of the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''ʿammi nadab'', is "my people are [is] generous." One may also compare the Edomite [[Personal Name|PN]] ''ʾamyndb'', Amminadabbi.<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley]], [[Hugh W. Nibley, Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World. 1st ed. SLC: Deseret Book, 1967.; 2nd ed. CWHN 7. SLC: FARMS/Deseret, 1988.|''Since Cumorah'']] (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Books/Provo, UT: FARMS, 1988), 15.</ref> | '''A<small>MINADAB</small>''' is a name given to figures in both [[ISRAELITES|I<small>SRAELITE</small>]] and [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] history (in English translations of the Bible, the name is given as Amminadab - whereas in [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] the ''m'' is doubled with a dagesh which would not necessarily appear doubled in the reformed Egyptian of the Gold Plates). cf. [[King James Version|KJV]] [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ex/6.23?lang=eng#22 Exodus 6:23]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/1.7?lang=eng#6 Numbers 1:7]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/2.3?lang=eng#2 2:3]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/7.12,%2017?lang=eng#11 7:12, 17]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/10.14?lang=eng#13 10:14]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ruth/4.19,%2020?lang=eng#18 Ruth 4:19, 20]). The meaning of the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] עמינדב ''ʿammi nadab'', is "my people are [is] generous." One may also compare the Edomite [[Personal Name|PN]] ''ʾamyndb'', Amminadabbi.<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley]], [[Hugh W. Nibley, Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World. 1st ed. SLC: Deseret Book, 1967.; 2nd ed. CWHN 7. SLC: FARMS/Deseret, 1988.|''Since Cumorah'']] (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Books/Provo, UT: FARMS, 1988), 15.</ref> | ||
[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] compares [[AMINADAB|A<small>MINADAB</small>]] with the [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] name “Amanathabi,” chief of a Canaanite city under [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPT</small>]].<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley, Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World. 1st ed. SLC: Deseret Book, 1967.; 2nd ed. CWHN 7. SLC: FARMS/Deseret, 1988.|Ibid]].</ref> The suggestion that this name contains the name of the [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] god Amon is somewhat unlikely.<ref>[[Hugh W. 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/The World of the Jaredites/There Were Jaredites'']] (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo, UT: FARMS, 1988),30; Id., [[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'']] (Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: FARMS, 1988), 286-287.</ref> | [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] compares [[AMINADAB|A<small>MINADAB</small>]] with the [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] name “Amanathabi,” chief of a Canaanite city under [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPT</small>]].<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley, Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World. 1st ed. SLC: Deseret Book, 1967.; 2nd ed. CWHN 7. SLC: FARMS/Deseret, 1988.|Ibid]].</ref> The suggestion that this name contains the name of the [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] god Amon is somewhat unlikely.<ref>[[Hugh W. 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/The World of the Jaredites/There Were Jaredites'']] (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo, UT: FARMS, 1988),30; Id., [[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'']] (Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: FARMS, 1988), 286-287.</ref> | ||
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| Lehite PN | 1. | NEPHITE dissenter who went over to the LAMANITES (Helaman 5:39 (x2), 41) |
Etymology
AMINADAB is a name given to figures in both ISRAELITE and NEPHITE history (in English translations of the Bible, the name is given as Amminadab - whereas in HEBREW the m is doubled with a dagesh which would not necessarily appear doubled in the reformed Egyptian of the Gold Plates). cf. KJV Exodus 6:23; Numbers 1:7; 2:3; 7:12, 17; 10:14; Ruth 4:19, 20). The meaning of the HEBREW עמינדב ʿammi nadab, is "my people are [is] generous." One may also compare the Edomite PN ʾamyndb, Amminadabbi.[1]
Nibley compares AMINADAB with the EGYPTIAN name “Amanathabi,” chief of a Canaanite city under EGYPT.[2] The suggestion that this name contains the name of the EGYPTIAN god Amon is somewhat unlikely.[3]
In exploring a possible metonymy in this name, it has been pointed out that “although AMINADAB's NEPHITE kinsmen had been among the most noble, he himself had apostatized from them. Perhaps some memory of his heritage, carried with him in his name, made him more receptive to understanding the miracle he witnessed in Helaman 5:36. Perhaps MORMON preserved this name in the record for the very purpose of reinforcing MORMON’s conviction of the nobility of the NEPHITE because as witnessed by this influential miracle” (JWW). This search for metonymy in AMINADAB appears to be rather imaginative (JH).
See Book of Mormon AMINADI, AMMAH
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐁𐐣𐐆𐐤𐐈𐐔𐐈𐐒 (eɪmɪnædæb)
Notes
- ↑ Hugh W. Nibley, Since Cumorah (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Books/Provo, UT: FARMS, 1988), 15.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Hugh W. Nibley, Lehi in the Desert/The World of the Jaredites/There Were Jaredites (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book/Provo, UT: FARMS, 1988),30; Id., An Approach to the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: FARMS, 1988), 286-287.
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