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From the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''rām'', “to rise, be exalted,” in the qal 3 m.s. jussive, the PN ''' | From the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''rām'', “to rise, be exalted,” in the qal 3 m.s. jussive, the PN '''J<small>AROM</small>''' means “let [the Lord] be exalted." The printer's manuscript PN variant form [[Jarom / Joram Variant|J<small>ORAM</small>]]<ref>[[Royal J. Skousen|Royal Skousen]], [[Abbreviations|''ATV'']] s:1104, 6:3579, sees this as a scribal error, although the "''o''"'s and "''a''"'s in the Original Manuscript are nearly indistinguishable</ref> is from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''yoram'' "Jehovah is exalted." | ||
Cf. Book of Mormon [[RAMAH|R<small>AMAH</small>]], [[CUMORAH|C<small>UMORAH</small>]], [[JEREMIAH|J<small>EREMIAH</small>]], [[JACOM|J<small>ACOM</small>]], and [[NAHOM|N<small>AHOM</small>]]. | Cf. Book of Mormon [[RAMAH|R<small>AMAH</small>]], [[CUMORAH|C<small>UMORAH</small>]], [[JEREMIAH|J<small>EREMIAH</small>]], [[JACOM|J<small>ACOM</small>]], and [[NAHOM|N<small>AHOM</small>]]. | ||
Revision as of 11:01, 6 March 2014
| Lehite PN | 1. | NEPHITE scribe and historian, son of ENOS 4th – 5th c. BC (Jarom 1:1, 14; Omni 1:1) |
Etymology
From the HEBREW rām, “to rise, be exalted,” in the qal 3 m.s. jussive, the PN JAROM means “let [the Lord] be exalted." The printer's manuscript PN variant form JORAM[1] is from the HEBREW yoram "Jehovah is exalted."
Cf. Book of Mormon RAMAH, CUMORAH, JEREMIAH, JACOM, and NAHOM.
See also Jarom / Joram Variant
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐖𐐁𐐡𐐊𐐣 (dʒeɪrʌm)
Notes
- ↑ Royal Skousen, ATV s:1104, 6:3579, sees this as a scribal error, although the "o"'s and "a"'s in the Original Manuscript are nearly indistinguishable
