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'''Etymology''' | '''Etymology''' | ||
Until a possible language origin for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive. | |||
The biblical Hebrew PN '''HETH''', son of Canaan, is the most likely source for an etymology.<ref>Note that H<small>ETH</small> is usually given as the biblical source for the biblical Hittites, ''ḫattū'' in Akkadian, and the name in cuneiform sources for NW Syria ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]).</ref> See the standard biblical commentaries. [[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 40, suggests “terror.” | The biblical Hebrew PN '''HETH''', son of Canaan, is the most likely source for an etymology.<ref>Note that H<small>ETH</small> is usually given as the biblical source for the biblical Hittites, ''ḫattū'' in Akkadian, and the name in cuneiform sources for NW Syria ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]).</ref> See the standard biblical commentaries. [[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 40, suggests “terror.” | ||
Revision as of 12:22, 24 June 2013
| Jaredite PN | 1. | Prince (Ether 1:16; 10:31 (x3)) |
| 2. | King, robber (Ether 1:25, 26; 9:25, 26, 29; 10:1 (x2)) | |
| Jaredite GN | 3. | Land (Ether 8:2) |
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Etymology
Until a possible language origin for JAREDITE can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive.
The biblical Hebrew PN HETH, son of Canaan, is the most likely source for an etymology.[1] See the standard biblical commentaries. Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 40, suggests “terror.”
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐐𐐇𐐛 (hɛθ)
Notes
