HETH

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

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:

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