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|'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]''' | |'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]''' | ||
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|A place probably on the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, ca. | |A place probably on the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, ca. 600 BC ([ 1 Nephi 1:Preface]; [ 17:5, 6, 7]) | ||
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|City and land, 1st c. | |City and land, 1st c. BC–ca. 30 AD ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/22.29,%2031,%2032,%2033?lang=eng#28 Alma 22:29, 31, 32, 33]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/27.22?lang=eng#21 27:22 (x2)]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/50.11,%2032?lang=eng#10 50:11, 32]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/51.28,%2030,%2032?lang=eng#27 51:28, 30, 32]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/52.9,%2015,%2017,%2018,%2027,%2039?lang=eng#8 52:9, 15, 17, 18, 27 (x2), 39]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/53.3,%204?lang=eng#2 53:3 (x2), 4]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/55.26?lang=eng#25 55:26]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/63.5?lang=eng#4 63:5]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/1.23,%2028,%2029?lang=eng#22 Helaman 1:23, 28, 29]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/4.5,%206?lang=eng#4 4:5, 6]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/5.14?lang=eng#13 5:14]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/3.23?lang=eng#22 3 Nephi 3:23 (x2)]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/11.1?lang=eng#primary 11:Preface, 1]) | ||
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[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]] and [[Janne M. Sjodahl|Sjodahl]] were the first to suggest a connection with the Hebrew root ''špʿ'', and pointed out the related PN Shiphi in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_chr/4/37#37 1 | [[George Reynolds|Reynolds]] and [[Janne M. Sjodahl|Sjodahl]] were the first to suggest a connection with the Hebrew root ''špʿ'', and pointed out the related PN Shiphi in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_chr/4/37#37 1 Chronicles 4:37] (R&S, 1:174). Less likely is | ||
an etymology based on the Hebrew root ''ntn'', “to give,” with its derived noun “gift.” The least likely suggestion is that “B<small>OUNTIFUL</small>” is a translation of the name “[[JERUSALEM|J<small>ERUSALEM</small>]];” see | an etymology based on the Hebrew root ''ntn'', “to give,” with its derived noun “gift.” The least likely suggestion is that “B<small>OUNTIFUL</small>” is a translation of the name “[[JERUSALEM|J<small>ERUSALEM</small>]];” see | ||
“[[JERUSALEM|J<small>ERUSALEM</small>]]” below. | “[[JERUSALEM|J<small>ERUSALEM</small>]]” below. | ||
Revision as of 19:36, 11 July 2012
| Lehite GN | 1. | A place probably on the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, ca. 600 BC ([ 1 Nephi 1:Preface]; [ 17:5, 6, 7]) |
| 2. | City and land, 1st c. BC–ca. 30 AD (Alma 22:29, 31, 32, 33; 27:22 (x2); 50:11, 32; 51:28, 30, 32; 52:9, 15, 17, 18, 27 (x2), 39; 53:3 (x2), 4; 55:26; 63:5; Helaman 1:23, 28, 29; 4:5, 6; 5:14; 3 Nephi 3:23 (x2); 11:Preface, 1) |
Etymology
The object with translated names, such as BOUNTIFUL, is to provide a Vorlage and not an etymology. Because Semitic languages usually place nouns in attribution rather than employ adjectives, the most likely Vorlage of BOUNTIFUL is a noun. Possible are nouns such as abundance, fatness and bounty, from the Hebrew roots špʿ, šmn, and rbb, respectively.
Reynolds and Sjodahl were the first to suggest a connection with the Hebrew root špʿ, and pointed out the related PN Shiphi in 1 Chronicles 4:37 (R&S, 1:174). Less likely is an etymology based on the Hebrew root ntn, “to give,” with its derived noun “gift.” The least likely suggestion is that “BOUNTIFUL” is a translation of the name “JERUSALEM;” see “JERUSALEM” below.
Variants
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Notes
Bibliography
Warren P. Aston "The Arabian Bountiful Discovered? Evidence for Nephi's Bountiful." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 7, no. 1 (1998): 4-11.
