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|'''[[:Category:Jaredite PN|Jaredite PN]]'''
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|Prince ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/8.4?lang=eng#3 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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'''Etymology'''
 
Until a possible language origin for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive.


'''Etymology'''
It would be tempting to see in '''ESROM''' 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 ''ḥeṣrôn'' “enclosure”<ref>Wade Kotter, “Hezron,” in Freedman, ed., ''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 both –''om'' and ¬–''on'' are nominalizing elements.)


No etymology is suggested here. Unless the Book of Mormon critical text reveals variant spellings, it is unlikely that this [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] name can be linked with [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] [[EZROM/EZRUM|E<small>ZROM</small>]], a name for a silver weight.
Perhaps related to Hebrew Hezron is the Edomite PN Ezer from the root ''ʾṣr'', “to store up.”<ref> ''HALOT''.</ref>


This name, also appearing in [[CHRIST|C<small>HRIST</small>]]’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.  
Still another possibility is Hebrew ''ʿēzer'' “help,” which is attested in Hebrew PNs such as Ezra, Ezer, Ezri,<ref>H. Nibley, ''Since Cumorah'', 1st ed., 195 = CWHN VII:171.</ref> Ebenezer, etc. (JAT). This suggestion would also require the nominalizing element –''om''.


*There are several Akkadian possibilities with the root ''’sr''.
See [[EZROM/EZRUM|E<small>ZROM</small> / E<small>ZRUM</small>]], [[ZEEZROM|Z<small>EEZROM</small>]] / [[[[Zeezrom / Zeezrum Variants|Z<small>EEZRUM</small>]].


Cf. Book of Mormon [[ZORAM|Z<small>ORAM</small>]], et al., [[EZROM/EZRUM|E<small>ZROM</small>]]
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'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''

Revision as of 13:42, 22 October 2012

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

Etymology

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

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.)

Perhaps related to Hebrew Hezron is the Edomite PN Ezer from the root ʾṣr, “to store up.”[2]

Still another possibility is Hebrew ʿēzer “help,” which is attested in Hebrew PNs such as Ezra, Ezer, Ezri,[3] Ebenezer, etc. (JAT). This suggestion would also require the nominalizing element –om.

See EZROM / EZRUM, ZEEZROM / [[ZEEZRUM.

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Notes


  1. Wade Kotter, “Hezron,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, III:194.
  2. HALOT.
  3. H. Nibley, Since Cumorah, 1st ed., 195 = CWHN VII:171.