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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. | 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. | ||
The name '''K<small>ISH</small>''' is known from several ancient Near Eastern sources: the biblical [[Personal Name|PN]] קיש ''qīš'' "Bow" ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), the Sumerian [[Geographical Name|GN]] ''Kish'', *Akkadian ''Kiššatu'', name of a city in north-central | The name '''K<small>ISH</small>''' is known from several ancient Near Eastern sources: the biblical [[Personal Name|PN]] קיש ''qīš'' "Bow" (George Reynolds<ref>Reynolds, ''Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', VI, 191.</ref> and [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), the Sumerian [[Geographical Name|GN]] ''Kish'', *Akkadian ''Kiššatu'', name of a city in north-central | ||
Mesopotamia ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]), and the city near *Ebla, ''giš'' ( | 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 ([[Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon. 3rd ed. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 6. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, FARMS, 1988.|''ABM'']], 238). | ||
[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], ''Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', VI, p. 46, from Semitic, “straw, forage.” | [[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], ''Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', VI, p. 46, from Semitic, “straw, forage.” | ||
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| Jaredite PN | 1. | King (Ether 1:18, 19; 10:17, 18) |
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.
The name KISH is known from several ancient Near Eastern sources: the biblical PN קיש qīš "Bow" (George Reynolds[1] and 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, p. 46, from Semitic, “straw, forage.”
Cf. Book of Mormon KISHKUMEN, AKISH, AGOSH
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐗𐐆𐐟 (kɪʃ)
Notes
Name Index
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- ↑ Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, 191.
