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|Wilderness, ca. ___ ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/2/37#37 Alma 2:37])
|Wilderness area "infested by wild and ravenous beasts" ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/2.37?lang=eng#36 Alma 2:37]).
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'''Etymology'''
 
[[Hugh W. Nibley|Hugh Nibley]] compared the Greek [[Geographical Name|GN]] Hermónthis, the Graecized transliteration of the Upper [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] nome around Thebes<ref>In his first ''Improvement Era'' series (1948), and recently repeated in his article on the "Near Eastern Background of the Book of Mormon," in the ''Encyclopedia of Mormonism'' (1992), I:190; cf. ''Collected Works of Hugh Nibley'', V:27, 32; VII: 169-170.</ref> *<i>Ḥr-Mnṯw</i> = the god of <i>Iwnw-Mnṯw</i>,<ref>Jaroslav Černý, ''Coptic Etymological Dictionary.'' (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1976.), 345, 351.</ref> the sanctuary of *<i>Ḥr-Mnṯw</i>, the falcon-headed warrior-god Month, whose name is often written with a falcon on a standard as the divine determinative (''Sinuhe'', B 206)<ref>Raymond O. Faulkner. ''A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian.'' (Oxford: Griffith Institute, 1962), 110.</ref> = Coptic ''Ermont'' and ''Rmont'' (Arabic ''ʿArmant''). [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GPTIAN</small>]] Month/Mendes is, of course, the equivalent of the Greek god Pan, god of wild places and things.<ref>H. Nibley, ''Since Cumorah'', 192 = [[The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. 19 vols. SLC: FARMS/Deseret, 1986-2010.|''CWHN'']] VII:169-170.</ref>


'''Etymology'''
In the New World the name may be analogous to the Mexican wilderness of ''Tehuantepec'' "Hill of Wild Beasts," from Nahuatl ''tecuani'' + ''tepec''.<ref>Meleseo Ortego Martinez, ''Reseña Historico de Tehuantepec'' (Oaxaca, 1998), 5, cited by Lawrence Poulsen in [[Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies|FARMS]] Review'', 19/2 (2007):16-19.</ref> This is merely indicative of the types of translated forms into which a Book of Mormon toponym might be converted in the course to time, as different peoples move into an area and adopt certain aspects of local culture. Such was true over the centuries of many of the toponyms adopted by new peoples moving into and taking over sites in the Holy Land, whether by conquest or via slow adaptation.<ref>Yohanan Aharoni, ''The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography'', 2<sup>nd</sup> ed., trans. A.F. Rainey (Phila.: Westminster, 1979).</ref>


A Hebrew and an [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] etymology are possible. Biblical Mount Herman, if the ''-ts'' and the change in vowel quality can be accounted for, seems the most likely source.
See [[MANTI|M<small>ANTI</small>]], [[MORMON|M<small>ORMON</small>]].
Nibley has suggested the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] district Hermonthis, the land of Mont, the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] Pan, god of wild places and things. The Book of Mormon land is the wild borderland
country “infested by wild and ravenous beasts” ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/2/37#37 Alma 2:37]) and thus fits the name (SC, 192). However, the name Hermonthis is the Greek rendering from the Coptic
''armant'', which itself comes from the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''pr-mnt''', “house of Mont.” Since [[LEHI|L<small>EHI</small>]] would not have had access to Greek renderings of Coptic GNs, and since the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]]
GN could hardly have been the source for '''HERMOUNTS''', this [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] etymology is doubtful (RFS).


Cf. [[MANTI|M<small>ANTI</small>]].
<div style="text-align: right;">[[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]</div>


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''


'''Deseret Alphabet:'''
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐐𐐊𐐡𐐣𐐂𐐤𐐓𐐝 (hʌrmɑːnts)


'''Notes'''
'''Notes'''
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'''Bibliography'''
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Aharoni, Yohanan. ''The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography'', 2<sup>nd</sup> ed., trans. A.F. Rainey. Phila.: Westminster, 1979.
Černý, Jaroslav. ''Coptic Etymological Dictionary''. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1976.
Faulkner, Raymond O. ''Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian''. Oxford: Griffith Institute/Ashmolean Museum, 1962. [[Raymond O. Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian. Oxford: Printed for the Griffith Institute at the University Press by V. Ridler/Oxford: Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 1962-1988.|''CDME'']]
Nibley, Hugh W. ''Since Cumorah''. Deseret Book, 1967 = [[The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. 19 vols. SLC: FARMS/Deseret, 1986-2010.|''CWHN'']] VII. [[Hugh W. Nibley, Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World. 1st ed. SLC: Deseret Book, 1967.; 2nd ed. CWHN 7. SLC: FARMS/Deseret, 1988.|''SC'']]
Nibley, Hugh W. "Near Eastern Background of the Book of Mormon," in ''Encyclopedia of Mormonism'', 5 vols., I:187-190. Macmillan, 1992.
Poulsen, Lawrence. Review in ''[[Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies|FARMS]] Review'', 19/2 (2007):16-19.
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Latest revision as of 17:40, 20 November 2015

Lehite GN Wilderness area "infested by wild and ravenous beasts" (Alma 2:37).

Etymology

Hugh Nibley compared the Greek GN Hermónthis, the Graecized transliteration of the Upper EGYPTIAN nome around Thebes[1] *Ḥr-Mnṯw = the god of Iwnw-Mnṯw,[2] the sanctuary of *Ḥr-Mnṯw, the falcon-headed warrior-god Month, whose name is often written with a falcon on a standard as the divine determinative (Sinuhe, B 206)[3] = Coptic Ermont and Rmont (Arabic ʿArmant). EGPTIAN Month/Mendes is, of course, the equivalent of the Greek god Pan, god of wild places and things.[4]

In the New World the name may be analogous to the Mexican wilderness of Tehuantepec "Hill of Wild Beasts," from Nahuatl tecuani + tepec.[5] This is merely indicative of the types of translated forms into which a Book of Mormon toponym might be converted in the course to time, as different peoples move into an area and adopt certain aspects of local culture. Such was true over the centuries of many of the toponyms adopted by new peoples moving into and taking over sites in the Holy Land, whether by conquest or via slow adaptation.[6]

See MANTI, MORMON.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐐𐐊𐐡𐐣𐐂𐐤𐐓𐐝 (hʌrmɑːnts)

Notes


  1. In his first Improvement Era series (1948), and recently repeated in his article on the "Near Eastern Background of the Book of Mormon," in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism (1992), I:190; cf. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, V:27, 32; VII: 169-170.
  2. Jaroslav Černý, Coptic Etymological Dictionary. (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1976.), 345, 351.
  3. Raymond O. Faulkner. A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian. (Oxford: Griffith Institute, 1962), 110.
  4. H. Nibley, Since Cumorah, 192 = CWHN VII:169-170.
  5. Meleseo Ortego Martinez, Reseña Historico de Tehuantepec (Oaxaca, 1998), 5, cited by Lawrence Poulsen in FARMS Review, 19/2 (2007):16-19.
  6. Yohanan Aharoni, The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography, 2nd ed., trans. A.F. Rainey (Phila.: Westminster, 1979).

Bibliography


Aharoni, Yohanan. The Land of the Bible: A Historical Geography, 2nd ed., trans. A.F. Rainey. Phila.: Westminster, 1979.

Černý, Jaroslav. Coptic Etymological Dictionary. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1976.

Faulkner, Raymond O. Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian. Oxford: Griffith Institute/Ashmolean Museum, 1962. CDME

Nibley, Hugh W. Since Cumorah. Deseret Book, 1967 = CWHN VII. SC

Nibley, Hugh W. "Near Eastern Background of the Book of Mormon," in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 5 vols., I:187-190. Macmillan, 1992.

Poulsen, Lawrence. Review in FARMS Review, 19/2 (2007):16-19.

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