AKISH
| Jaredite PN | 1. | Son of KIMNOR (Ether 8:10, 11 (x2), 13, 14 (x2), 15 (x2), 17 (x2); 9:1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 (x3), 12 (x2)) |
| Jaredite GN | 2. | Wilderness near the plains of AGOSH and HESHLON (Ether 14:3, 4, 14) |
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. The Jaredite name and word-element KISH appears to be a Jaredite lexeme, though it may not be a separate lexeme in this name. See KISH, KISHKUMEN. KISH is also the name of a major Mesopotamian city near Babylon (RFS). AKISH and AGOSH may be possible by-forms of each other.
The PN Ikausu appears in the ASSYRIAN annals of Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal. The HEBREW PN Ikkesh, cited in 2 Samuel 23:26 and 1 Chronicles 11:28; 27:9, is from the HEBREW root ʿqs, "twist, pervert" (RFS & JAT) and would be a very acceptable name for a wilderness (RFS). The biblical PN Achish, cited in 1 Samuel 21:10 (and in chapters 27-29 passim), is the name of the PHILISTINE king of Gath (as well as the PN of a seventh century B.C. ruler of Ekron, not otherwise cited in the Old Testament) and has been connected with the Aegean name Achish = Ikausu [1] AKISH is also, according to Nibley, the Egypto-Hittite name for Cyprus [2]
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐁𐐗𐐆𐐟 (eɪkɪʃ)
Notes
- ↑ See S. Gittin, in Barry M. Gittlen, ed., Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002), 115.
- ↑ Nibley, Hugh, Lehi in the Desert, chapter 2 = CWHN 5:32-33, n. 14; id. An Approach to the Book of Mormon, lesson 22 = CWHN 6:289, n. 31.
