SHURR

Jaredite GN

1.

Valley (Ether 14:28)

No etymology is suggested.

If ancient Near Eastern known languages can be appealed to for JAREDITE etymologies, then perhaps the biblical GN Shur, probably meaning “wall” (though not one of the usual names for “wall”), would fit (JAT).

Unlikely is Akkadian šūr, “wall”?; the normal word for “wall” in Akkadian is dūru (RFS). Confer, however, the Ur III period PN šurihadad, cited by Pettinato in Archives, pp. 16–18, and the Ebla PN šuradamu also in Pettinato, Archives (JAT). Highly unlikely is a derivation based on Akkadian šarru, “king” (RFS).