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

Though the linguistic and cultural links of JAREDITE to the ancient Near East remain uncertain, some conjectures may still be made. 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 (see S. Gittin, in Barry M. Gittlen, ed., Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel [Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002], 115). AKISH is also, according to Nibley, the Egypto-Hittite name for Cyprus (Hugh Nibley, 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).

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐁𐐗𐐆𐐟

Notes

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