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|King, son of Ethem (Ether 1:7–8; 11:18) | |King, son of Ethem ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/1/7-8#7 Ether 1:7–8]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/11/18#18 11:18]) | ||
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|Land on northern border of Desolation by narrow neck of land, also a city (Ether 7:5–6; 14:11) | |Land on northern border of Desolation by narrow neck of land, also a city ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/7/5-6#5 Ether 7:5–6]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/14/11#11 14:11]) | ||
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No etymology is suggested. | No etymology is suggested. | ||
If biblical GNs may be appealed to, there are two Palestinian placenames resembling Moron, Talmudic Meron, a city in Upper Galilee. (JAT), and the biblical GN *mēronōt, known only from the gentilic mēronotī (1 Chronicles 27:30 and Nehemiah 3:7) (JAT). | If biblical GNs may be appealed to, there are two Palestinian placenames resembling Moron, Talmudic Meron, a city in Upper Galilee. (JAT), and the biblical GN *mēronōt, known only from the gentilic mēronotī ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_chr/27/30#30 1 Chronicles 27:30] and [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/neh/3/7#7 Nehemiah 3:7]) (JAT). | ||
Other suggestions include both Semitic and Egyptian possibilities: from the root Semitic mrr, “bitter” (RFS); from Ugaritic *mrr, “strengthen, bless, command” (RFS); or from Egyptian *mr.mr.n, “our beloved, our friend” (RFS). | Other suggestions include both Semitic and Egyptian possibilities: from the root Semitic mrr, “bitter” (RFS); from Ugaritic *mrr, “strengthen, bless, command” (RFS); or from Egyptian *mr.mr.n, “our beloved, our friend” (RFS). | ||
Revision as of 14:17, 30 March 2011
| Jaredite PN & GN | 1. | King, son of Ethem (Ether 1:7–8; 11:18) |
| 2. | Land on northern border of Desolation by narrow neck of land, also a city (Ether 7:5–6; 14:11) |
No etymology is suggested.
If biblical GNs may be appealed to, there are two Palestinian placenames resembling Moron, Talmudic Meron, a city in Upper Galilee. (JAT), and the biblical GN *mēronōt, known only from the gentilic mēronotī (1 Chronicles 27:30 and Nehemiah 3:7) (JAT).
Other suggestions include both Semitic and Egyptian possibilities: from the root Semitic mrr, “bitter” (RFS); from Ugaritic *mrr, “strengthen, bless, command” (RFS); or from Egyptian *mr.mr.n, “our beloved, our friend” (RFS).
Much less likely are the suggestions from West Semitic mrʾ, “to command; commander” (RFS), because the aleph cannot be accounted for; from Ugaritic mryn, a type of warrior (RFS), because the yod cannot be accounted for; from Ugaritic mrr, “to strengthen, bless” (RFS), because the second r cannot be accounted for; and from Aramaic marana, “our Lord, the land of our Lord” (Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 38), because the second m in Mormon is not accounted for.
Cf. Book of Mormon Moroni, Amaron, Ammoron, Amoron, Emron, Moronihah, Mormon, Morianton, Moriantum, et al.
