LIB

Jaredite PN	1.	King (Ether 1:17, 18; 10:18, 19 (x3), 29)
	2.	Usurper (Ether 14:10 (x2), 11 (x2), 12 (x3), 13, 14, 15 (x2), 16 (x3), 17)

Etymology

Until a possible language origin for JAREDITE can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive.

Sumerian lib "(to be) rich, well-off; high quality; (to be) happy" = Akkadian hadû, hidiātu, râšu, rāšû, rīšātu.

Akkadian libbu, lib-bi “heart, center” (loanword in Sumerian lib "inner body; heart") = Ugaritic lb, Hebrew lēb, lēbāb.

Sumerian lib "dazed silence, (deathly) silence; (to be) dazed" = Akkadian šaqummatu; Cf. Sumerian lib₄ “agitate,” and lib₄-lib₄ "plunderer."

See RIPLAKISH, RIPLIANCUM, RIPLAH

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐢𐐆𐐒 (lɪb)

Notes

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