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'''Etymology''' | '''Etymology''' | ||
The etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain speculative and it is unclear whether the [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] were Mesopotamian in origin. However, it is possible that the name may be related to the Biblical Heth, the son of Canaan, the son of Canaan, the son of Ham, the son of the patriarch Noah ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/10.15?lang=eng#14 Gen 10:15]) (cf. also the name for the biblical Hittites ''ḫty'' Hittite ''HALOT'', the Akkadian ''ḫattu'' (Hittite), and the name in cuneiform texts for NW Syria). | The etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain speculative and it is unclear whether the [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] were Mesopotamian in origin. However, it is possible that the name may be related to the Biblical Heth, the son of Canaan, the son of Canaan, the son of Ham, the son of the patriarch Noah ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/10.15?lang=eng#14 Gen 10:15]) (cf. also the name for the biblical Hittites ''ḫty'' Hittite [[Abbreviations|''HALOT'']], the Akkadian ''ḫattu'' (Hittite), and the name in cuneiform texts for NW Syria). | ||
'''Variants''' | '''Variants''' | ||
Revision as of 12:09, 4 March 2014
| Jaredite PN | 1. | JAREDITE prince (Ether 1:16; 10:31 (x3)) |
| 2. | JAREDITE king, robber (Ether 1:25, 26; 9:25, 26, 29; 10:1 (x2)) | |
| Jaredite GN | 3. | JAREDITE land (Ether 8:2) |
Etymology
The etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain speculative and it is unclear whether the JAREDITE were Mesopotamian in origin. However, it is possible that the name may be related to the Biblical Heth, the son of Canaan, the son of Canaan, the son of Ham, the son of the patriarch Noah (Gen 10:15) (cf. also the name for the biblical Hittites ḫty Hittite HALOT, the Akkadian ḫattu (Hittite), and the name in cuneiform texts for NW Syria).
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐐𐐇𐐛 (hɛθ)
Notes
