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The name '''KISH''' is known from several ancient Near Eastern sources: the biblical PN ''qīš'' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), the Sumerian GN ''Kish'', *Akkadian ''Kiššatu'', name of a city in north-central  
The name '''KISH''' is known from several ancient Near Eastern sources: the biblical PN ''qīš'' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), the Sumerian GN ''Kish'', *Akkadian ''Kiššatu'', name of a city in north-central  
Mesopotamia ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]), and the city near *Ebla, ''giš'' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] also notes that ''akish'' is the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]]-Hittite name for Cyprus (''ABM'', 238).
Mesopotamia ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]), and the city near *Ebla, ''giš'' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] also notes that ''akish'' is the [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]]-Hittite name for Cyprus (''ABM'', 238).


[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, 191, from Hebrew “bow” or “horn,” and p. 46, from Semitic, “straw, forage.”
[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, 191, from Hebrew “bow” or “horn,” and p. 46, from Semitic, “straw, forage.”

Revision as of 16:44, 12 September 2013

Jaredite PN 1. King (Ether 1:18, 19; 10:17, 18)

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Etymology

Until a possible language origin for JAREDITE can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive.

The name KISH is known from several ancient Near Eastern sources: the biblical PN qīš (JAT), the Sumerian GN Kish, *Akkadian Kiššatu, name of a city in north-central Mesopotamia (RFS), and the city near *Ebla, giš (JAT). Nibley also notes that akish is the EGYPTIAN-Hittite name for Cyprus (ABM, 238).

Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, 191, from Hebrew “bow” or “horn,” and p. 46, from Semitic, “straw, forage.”

Cf. Book of Mormon KISHKUMEN, AKISH, AGOSH

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐗𐐆𐐟 (kɪʃ)

Notes