COROM

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Jaredite PN 1. King (Ether 1:19, 20; 10:16, 17)

Etymology

Possibly same as Sumerian PN KURUM, 4th dynasty king of Uruk (Erech), ca. 2145 B.C., likely from KÚRUM7, GÚ-RU-UM, KUR7, KURU7 “judge; inspect; decide, pass sentence; lookout, spy” (= Akkadian pa-qá-du-um). Possibly related to Sumerian gurum2, gurumx (IGI.GAR) "inspection; provisions," and gurum2-ak (kurum7-ak) “inspection, check” (= Akkadian piqittu).[1]

See CORIANTUMR, CORIANTUM, CORIANTOR, CORIHOR, CURELOM, KORIHOR.

RFS

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐗𐐄𐐡𐐊𐐣 (koʊrʌm)

Notes


  1. ePSD.

Bibliography


Ryan, Patrick, Sumerian Glossary (2008) online at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/SumerianGlossary.htm .

University of Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary (ePSD) online at http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/nepsd-frame.html .