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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


The etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain speculative and it is unclear whether the [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] were Mesopotamian in origin. However, it is possible that the name may be related to the Biblical Heth, the son of Canaan, the son of Canaan, the son of Ham, the son of the patriarch Noah ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/10.15?lang=eng#14 Gen 10:15]) (cf. also the name for the biblical Hittites ''ḫty''  Hittite [[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']], the Akkadian ''ḫattu'' (Hittite), and the name in cuneiform texts for NW Syria).
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, the onomasticon does offer etymologies for some [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names, 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 languages.
 
It is possible that the name may be related to the Biblical Heth, the son of Canaan, the son of Canaan, the son of Ham, the son of the patriarch Noah ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/10.15?lang=eng#14 Gen 10:15]) (cf. also the name for the biblical Hittites ''ḫty''  Hittite [[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']], the Akkadian ''ḫattu'' (Hittite), and the name in cuneiform texts for NW Syria).


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

Revision as of 16:19, 10 September 2015

Jaredite PN 1. JAREDITE prince (Ether 1:16; 10:31 (x3))
2. JAREDITE king, robber (Ether 1:25, 26; 9:25, 26, 29; 10:1 (x2))
Jaredite GN 3. JAREDITE land (Ether 8:2)

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, the onomasticon does offer etymologies for some JAREDITE names, especially if it is possible that some JAREDITE names were translated into NEPHITE, or were otherwise related to one or more Semitic languages.

It is possible that the name may be related to the Biblical Heth, the son of Canaan, the son of Canaan, the son of Ham, the son of the patriarch Noah (Gen 10:15) (cf. also the name for the biblical Hittites ḫty Hittite HALOT, the Akkadian ḫattu (Hittite), and the name in cuneiform texts for NW Syria).

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐐𐐇𐐛 (hɛθ)

Notes