AGOSH
| Jaredite GN | 1. | Plains (Ether 14:15, 16) |
Etymology
While the origin of the JAREDITE language is quite uncertain and etymologies for JAREDITE names must remain speculative, some suggestions about the origin of these names may still be proposed. One may compare, for example, the eponymous Aramean GN Bit Agush[1] (Bit Agusi) from Arpad in west Syria.[2] AGOSH may be related to AKISH, since they are in the same vicinity and may be variant stems of the same root and express a common quality.
Some Sumerian and Akkadian etymologies may also be proposed for AGOSH: (1) Sumerian UKÚŠ, ukuš2, u2-kuš8 “cucumber, squash, gourd” = Akkadian qiššû = Hebrew qiššû’ “cucumber” (Numbers 11:5); and (2) Sumerian akuš, akuš, a2-kuš3; a2-1(diš)-kuš= Akkadian ammatu “forearm; cubit.”[3] In connection with the name AGOSH one may also compare the Old Babylonian Hymn of Agushaya about Ishtar/Inanna.[4]
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐁𐐘𐐉𐐟 (eɪɡɒʃ)
Notes
- ↑ Alan R. Millard, “Abraham,” in ed. David N. Freedman, Anchor Bible Dictionary ((New York: Doubleday, 1992), 1:38.
- ↑ E. Meyers, ed., Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997), 1:85-86, 5:132.
- ↑ Hayim Tawil, An Akkadian Lexical Companion for Biblical Hebrew (Jersey City, NJ: KTAV, 2009), 23-4.
- ↑ Tikva Frymer-Kensky, In the Wake of the Goddesses (New York: Free Press, 1992), 30-1, 67, 78.
