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|“waters of” ([http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/17.34?lang=eng#33 Alma 17:34], [http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/18.7?lang=eng#6 18:7], [http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/19.20-21?lang=eng#19 19:20-21]), “water of” ([http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/17.26?lang=eng#25 17:26]), “the place | |“waters of” ([http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/17.34?lang=eng#33 Alma 17:34], [http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/18.7?lang=eng#6 18:7], [http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/19.20-21?lang=eng#19 19:20-21]), “water of” ([http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/17.26?lang=eng#25 17:26]), “the place | ||
of water” for the flocks of King | of water” for the flocks of King [[LAMONI|L<small>AMONI</small>]] in the land of [[ISHMAEL|I<small>SHMAEL</small>]] ([http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/17.26-32?lang=eng#25 Alma | ||
17:26-32]) during the early 1st century B.C. | 17:26-32]) during the early 1st century B.C. | ||
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'''SEBUS''' may reflect a West Semitic root ''śbs'' “to gather, assemble (persons).” PYH suggests the meaning “Place of Gathering” for | '''SEBUS''' may reflect a West Semitic root ''śbs'' “to gather, assemble (persons).” PYH suggests the meaning “Place of Gathering” for S<small>EBUS</small>. The root appears as an Aramaic loan word in Neo-Babylonian texts as a verb (''us-sa-ab-bi-is'') and as an adjective (''su-ub-bu-su-tu'').<ref>''CAD'' S 341, at ''subbusu''. See also von Soden, ''AHw'', 1053, where it is translated as “be heaped together, to get together.”</ref> This same root may be reflected in the hapax legomenon ''śbs'' in [http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/5.11?lang=eng#10 Amos 5:11], where it apparently refers to the collecting of a grain payment.<ref>See ''HALOT'' at שׂבס.</ref> | ||
Less likely is an Egyptian etymology from | Less likely is an Egyptian etymology from ''*š-bs'', “lake of initiation” (RFS), because one would expect ''*Shebus'', rather than Book of Mormon S<small>EBUS</small>. | ||
Revision as of 13:07, 12 January 2012
| Lehite GN | 1. | “waters of” (Alma 17:34, 18:7, 19:20-21), “water of” (17:26), “the place
of water” for the flocks of King LAMONI in the land of ISHMAEL ([http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/17.26-32?lang=eng#25 Alma 17:26-32]) during the early 1st century B.C. |
SEBUS may reflect a West Semitic root śbs “to gather, assemble (persons).” PYH suggests the meaning “Place of Gathering” for SEBUS. The root appears as an Aramaic loan word in Neo-Babylonian texts as a verb (us-sa-ab-bi-is) and as an adjective (su-ub-bu-su-tu).[1] This same root may be reflected in the hapax legomenon śbs in Amos 5:11, where it apparently refers to the collecting of a grain payment.[2]
Less likely is an Egyptian etymology from *š-bs, “lake of initiation” (RFS), because one would expect *Shebus, rather than Book of Mormon SEBUS.
