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


The biblical Hebrew PN '''HETH''', son of Canaan, is the most likely source for an etymology.<ref>Note that H<small>ETH</small> is usually given as the biblical source for the biblical Hittites, ''ḫattū'' in Akkadian, and the name in cuneiform sources for NW Syria (RFS).</ref> See the standard biblical commentaries. [[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 40, suggests “terror.”  
The biblical Hebrew PN '''HETH''', son of Canaan, is the most likely source for an etymology.<ref>Note that H<small>ETH</small> is usually given as the biblical source for the biblical Hittites, ''ḫattū'' in Akkadian, and the name in cuneiform sources for NW Syria ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]).</ref> See the standard biblical commentaries. [[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 40, suggests “terror.”  


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''
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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Jaredite PN]][[Category:Jaredite GN]]
[[Category:Names]][[Category:Jaredite PN]][[Category:Jaredite GN]]

Revision as of 17:21, 4 June 2013

Jaredite PN 1. Prince (Ether 1:16; 10:31 (x3))
2. King, robber (Ether 1:25, 26; 9:25, 26, 29; 10:1 (x2))
Jaredite GN 3. Land (Ether 8:2)

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Etymology

The biblical Hebrew PN HETH, son of Canaan, is the most likely source for an etymology.[1] See the standard biblical commentaries. Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 40, suggests “terror.”

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐐𐐇𐐛

Notes


  1. Note that HETH is usually given as the biblical source for the biblical Hittites, ḫattū in Akkadian, and the name in cuneiform sources for NW Syria (RFS).
RFS