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Cf. the KJV GN Gidom = infinitive construct Hebrew gid‘ōm “they had been cut down,” with 3rd masculine plural suffix ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg/20/45#45 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” ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg/6/11-40#11 Judges 6:11][http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg –] [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg/8/1-35#1 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>  
Cf. the KJV GN Gidom = infinitive construct Hebrew gid‘ōm “they had been cut down,” with 3rd masculine plural suffix ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg/20/45#45 Judges 20:45]; [[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]),<ref>G. Herion, “Gidom,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, II:1015.</ref> and gidu, a village near Ebla ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).<ref>Pettinato, Archives.</ref> This may simply be the mimated form of Hebrew gid‘ôn “Iconoclast, Destroyer, Slasher, Hacker, Hewer” ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg/6/11-40#11 Judges 6:11][http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg –] [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg/8/1-35#1 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 [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gen/32 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 [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gen/32 Genesis 32]) ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]). Nibley suggests a corruption of the Meroitic (i.e., post-[[LEHI]], *Nubian/[[EGYPTIAN(S)|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 [[GIDGIDDONAH]], then the root would  
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 [[GIDGIDDONAH]], 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 ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). Cf. The [[SAMARIA]] ostraca seal PN gdyhw (ABM, 237), which as a hypocoristicon would be gd.


See [[GAD]], [[AMGID]], [[GIDDIANHI]], [[GIDDONAH]], [[GIDGIDDONAH]], [[GIDGIDDONI]].
See [[GAD]], [[AMGID]], [[GIDDIANHI]], [[GIDDONAH]], [[GIDGIDDONAH]], [[GIDGIDDONI]].

Revision as of 10:16, 4 November 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 GIDGIDDONAH, 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, GIDGIDDONAH, GIDGIDDONI.

Notes

  1. G. Herion, “Gidom,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, II:1015.
  2. Pettinato, Archives.
  3. Albright, YGC, 199 n. 101; R. Boling, “Gideon,” in Freedman, ed., ABD, II:1013-1015.
  4. Nibley, Since Cumorah 194.