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|Officer, 1st century BC (Alma 57:28; 58:23) | |||
Cf. the KJV GN Gidom = infinitive construct Hebrew gid‘ōm “they had been cut down,” with 3rd masculine plural suffix (Judges 20:45; JH), | |- | ||
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|City, ca. 67 BC (Alma 51:26; Helaman 5:15) | |||
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Cf. the KJV GN Gidom = infinitive construct Hebrew gid‘ōm “they had been cut down,” with 3rd masculine plural suffix (Judges 20:45; JH),<ref>G. Herion, “Gidom,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, II:1015.</ref> and gidu, a village near Ebla (JAT).<ref>Pettinato, Archives.</ref> This may simply be the mimated form of Hebrew gid‘ôn “Iconoclast, Destroyer, Slasher, Hacker, Hewer” (Judges 6:11– 8:35), which is the alternate name of Jeruba‘al.<ref>Albright, YGC, 199 n. 101; R. Boling, “Gideon,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, II:1013-1015.</ref> | |||
The etymology remains obscure, though Hebrew gīd, “sinew,” is not impossible (see the “sinew” incident in Genesis 32) (JH). Nibley suggests a corruption of the Meroitic (i.e., | The etymology remains obscure, though Hebrew gīd, “sinew,” is not impossible (see the “sinew” incident in Genesis 32) (JH). Nibley suggests a corruption of the Meroitic (i.e., | ||
post-LEHI, *Nubian/EGYPTIAN) names KIB and Keb. | post-LEHI, *Nubian/EGYPTIAN) names KIB and Keb.<ref>Nibley, Since Cumorah 194.</ref> If this name is related to the Book of Mormon names GIDDIANHI and GIDDONAH or GIDGIDONNAH, then the root would | ||
be *gdd or gdgd, respectively. | be *gdd or gdgd, respectively. | ||
It would be a variant of gād, “luck, etc.” (See GAD above), though this seems less likely because the vowel quality of gād as a noun is phonemic. Even less likely is a derivation | It would be a variant of gād, “luck, etc.” (See GAD above), though this seems less likely because the vowel quality of gād as a noun is phonemic. Even less likely is a derivation | ||
from the Hebrew PN GIDEON, though GID may be a hypocoristicon thereof (RFS). Cf. The SAMARIA ostraca seal PN gdyhw (ABM, 237), which as a hypocoristicon would be gd | from the Hebrew PN [[GIDEON]], though GID may be a hypocoristicon thereof (RFS). Cf. The SAMARIA ostraca seal PN gdyhw (ABM, 237), which as a hypocoristicon would be gd. | ||
See [[GAD]], [[AMGID]], [[GIDDIANHI]], [[GIDDONAH]], [[GIDGIDONNAH]], [[GIDGIDDONI]]. | |||
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Revision as of 10:34, 7 February 2011
| Lehite PN | 1. | Officer, 1st century BC (Alma 57:28; 58:23) |
| Lehite GN | 2. | City, ca. 67 BC (Alma 51:26; Helaman 5:15) |
Cf. the KJV GN Gidom = infinitive construct Hebrew gid‘ōm “they had been cut down,” with 3rd masculine plural suffix (Judges 20:45; JH),[1] and gidu, a village near Ebla (JAT).[2] This may simply be the mimated form of Hebrew gid‘ôn “Iconoclast, Destroyer, Slasher, Hacker, Hewer” (Judges 6:11– 8:35), which is the alternate name of Jeruba‘al.[3] The etymology remains obscure, though Hebrew gīd, “sinew,” is not impossible (see the “sinew” incident in Genesis 32) (JH). Nibley suggests a corruption of the Meroitic (i.e., post-LEHI, *Nubian/EGYPTIAN) names KIB and Keb.[4] If this name is related to the Book of Mormon names GIDDIANHI and GIDDONAH or GIDGIDONNAH, then the root would be *gdd or gdgd, respectively.
It would be a variant of gād, “luck, etc.” (See GAD above), though this seems less likely because the vowel quality of gād as a noun is phonemic. Even less likely is a derivation from the Hebrew PN GIDEON, though GID may be a hypocoristicon thereof (RFS). Cf. The SAMARIA ostraca seal PN gdyhw (ABM, 237), which as a hypocoristicon would be gd.
See GAD, AMGID, GIDDIANHI, GIDDONAH, GIDGIDONNAH, GIDGIDDONI.
