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|Land north of [[DESOLATION|D<small>ESOLATION</small>]], where the hill [[SHIM|S<small>HIM</small>]] is located, ca. 321 AD ([http:// | |Land north of [[DESOLATION|D<small>ESOLATION</small>]], where the hill [[SHIM|S<small>HIM</small>]] is located, ca. 321 AD ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/1.3?lang=eng#2 Mormon 1:3]) | ||
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| Nephite (?) GN | 1. | Land north of DESOLATION, where the hill SHIM is located, ca. 321 AD (Mormon 1:3) |
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Etymology
Because ANTUM is north of the narrow neck of land, it may be JAREDITE or an indigenous GN. An EGYPTIAN etymology is also possible, *`n.tm(w), “many waters, 10,000 waters” (RFS).
Unlikely is Akkadian antum, female divinity and consort of Anum. The ending -um is a nominative singular case ending and would not have been borrowed into biblical Hebrew. The best known example of Hebrew borrowing from Akkadian, ekallum (itself a borrowing from Sumerian é.gal) > hkl, “temple, palace,” appears in Hebrew without the case ending.
See also the king of Ashdod during Sennacherib’s Third Campaign, Mi-ti-in-ti (Col II, line 54).
Cf. Book of Mormon Cf. Book of Mormon ONTI(ES), ANI-ANTI, ANTIOMNO, ANTION, ANTIONAH, ANTIONUM, ANTIPARAH, ANTIPAS, ANTIPUS, ANTINEPHILEHI, SEANTUM, MORIANTUM, CORIANTUM, and especially IRREANTUM
Variants
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