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|Jaredite PN
|'''[[:Category:Jaredite PN|Jaredite PN]]'''
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|Prince ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/8/4#4 Ether 8:4])
|Son of [[OMER|O<small>MER</small>]], a [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] king ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/8.4-6?lang=eng#3 Ether 8:4-6]).
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No etymology is suggested here. Unless the Book of Mormon critical text reveals variant spellings, it is unlikely that this Jaredite name can be linked with NEPHITE EZROM, a name for a silver weight.
'''Etymology'''


This name, also appearing in CHRIST’s geneaology in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/matt/1/3#3 Matthew 1:3] Hesrōm, is the Greek representation of the Hebrew PN Hezron, from ḥeṣrôn, “enclosure, girded,” etc., in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gen/46/9,12#9 Genesis 46:9 & 12], [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ruth/4/18-19#18 Ruth 4:18-19], and other places. In [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/josh/15/3#3 Joshua 15:3] it appears as a GN.  
Until possible language affinities for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive. With that caveat in mind, however, etymologies for some [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names may be offered, especially if it is possible that some [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names were translated into [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]], or were otherwise related to one or more Semitic, Mesopotamian, or Egyptian languages.


*There are several Akkadian possibilities with the root ’sr.
It would be tempting to see in '''E<small>SROM</small>''' the biblical name, attested in the New Testament as Esrom ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/1.3?lang=eng#2 Matthew 1:3] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/luke/3.33?lang=eng#32 Luke 3:33]) and in the Old Testament as Hezron ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/46.9?lang=eng#8 Genesis 46:9]), which may come from [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''ḥeṣrôn'' “enclosure”<ref>Wade Kotter, “Hezron,” in Freedman, ed., [[David Freedman, ed. Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1992.|''ABD'']], III:194.</ref> With '''E<small>SROM</small>''', the –''om'' may be a nominalizing element, such as possibly on the name Gershom ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ex/2.22?lang=eng#21 Exodus 2:22]). (In [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] both –''om'' and –''on'' are nominalizing elements.)


Cf. Book of Mormon [[ZORAM]], et al., [[EZROM]]
Another possibility comes from the same root as the biblical [[Personal Name|PN]]s Ezra, Ezer, Ezri and Ebenezer, namely, ''ʿēzer'' "help." With the nominalizing element ''–ōm'' the name could mean "[God is the] help."
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'''E<small>SROM</small>''' could be realted to the Edomite [[Personal Name|PN]] Ezer, from the root ''ʾṣr'', "to store up," and its noun form ''ʾôṣār'', "treasure."
 
See [[EZROM/EZRUM|E<small>ZROM</small> / E<small>ZRUM</small>]], [[ZEEZROM|Z<small>EEZROM</small>]] / [[Zeezrom / Zeezrum Variants|Z<small>EEZRUM</small>]].
 
'''Variants'''
 
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐇𐐝𐐡𐐊𐐣 (ɛsrʌm)
 
'''Notes'''
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Revision as of 17:48, 3 March 2017

Jaredite PN 1. Son of OMER, a JAREDITE king (Ether 8:4-6).

Etymology

Until possible language affinities for JAREDITE names can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive. With that caveat in mind, however, etymologies for some JAREDITE names may be offered, especially if it is possible that some JAREDITE names were translated into NEPHITE, or were otherwise related to one or more Semitic, Mesopotamian, or Egyptian languages.

It would be tempting to see in ESROM the biblical name, attested in the New Testament as Esrom (Matthew 1:3 and Luke 3:33) and in the Old Testament as Hezron (Genesis 46:9), which may come from HEBREW ḥeṣrôn “enclosure”[1] With ESROM, the –om may be a nominalizing element, such as possibly on the name Gershom (Exodus 2:22). (In HEBREW both –om and –on are nominalizing elements.)

Another possibility comes from the same root as the biblical PNs Ezra, Ezer, Ezri and Ebenezer, namely, ʿēzer "help." With the nominalizing element –ōm the name could mean "[God is the] help."

ESROM could be realted to the Edomite PN Ezer, from the root ʾṣr, "to store up," and its noun form ʾôṣār, "treasure."

See EZROM / EZRUM, ZEEZROM / ZEEZRUM.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐇𐐝𐐡𐐊𐐣 (ɛsrʌm)

Notes


  1. Wade Kotter, “Hezron,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, III:194.
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