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'''LEBANON''' is the name of a mountainous region north of Israel mentioned four times in the Isaiah section of the Book of Mormon but not mentioned as a separate PN or GN in the Book of Mormon. The name Lebanon contains an ''-ôn'' ending indicating a "place of whiteness" (perhaps of snow in the mountains). The German scholar, Wilhelm Borée, in his outstanding study, ''Die alten OrtsnamenPalästinas (The Ancient Place Names of Palastine)'', cites fully eighty-four ancient Canaanite place names with the ending ''-ôn'' in biblical and extrabiblical sources (Egyptian and Mesopotamian writings, the El-Amarna letters, ostraca), including '''AYYALON''' (Elon) ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/19.42-43?lang=eng#41 Joshua 19:42-43]), '''ELTEKON''' (http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/15.59?lang=eng#58 Joshua 15:59]), '''ASHKELON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/judg/1.18?lang=eng#17 Judges 1:18]), '''GIBEON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/9.3?lang=eng#2 Joshua 9:3]), '''GIBBETHON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/19.44?lang=eng#43 Joshua 19:44]), '''DISHON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/36.21?lang=eng#20 Genesis 36:21]), '''ZIPHRON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/34.9?lang=eng#8 Numbers 34:9]), '''HELBON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/ezek/27.18?lang=eng#17 Ezekiel 27:18]), '''HOLON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/21.15?lang=eng#14 Joshua 21:15]), '''HAMMON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/19.28?lang=eng#27 Joshua 19:28]), '''HEBRON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/10.36?lang=eng#35 Joshua 10:36]), '''HANNATHON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/19.14?lang=eng#13 Joshua 19:14]), '''DIBON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/21.30?lang=eng#29 Numbers 21:30]), and '''HESHBON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/21.30?lang=eng#29 Numbers 21:30]).<ref>Wilhelm Borée, 'Die alten OrtsnamenPalästinas (The Ancient Place Names of Palastine)'' 2nd ed. (Leipzig, 1930); Anson F. Rainey, "Toponymics od Erets-Israel," ''Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research'' 231(1978):5, calls ''-ôn'' an "appellative" suffix that describes "some feature or aspect of the site."</ref> | '''LEBANON''' is the name of a mountainous region north of Israel mentioned four times in the Isaiah section of the Book of Mormon but not mentioned as a separate PN or GN in the Book of Mormon. The name Lebanon contains an ''-ôn'' ending indicating a "place of whiteness" (perhaps of snow in the mountains). The German scholar, Wilhelm Borée, in his outstanding study, ''Die alten OrtsnamenPalästinas (The Ancient Place Names of Palastine)'', cites fully eighty-four ancient Canaanite place names with the ending ''-ôn'' in biblical and extrabiblical sources (Egyptian and Mesopotamian writings, the El-Amarna letters, ostraca), including '''AYYALON''' (Elon) ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/19.42-43?lang=eng#41 Joshua 19:42-43]), '''ELTEKON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/15.59?lang=eng#58 Joshua 15:59]), '''ASHKELON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/judg/1.18?lang=eng#17 Judges 1:18]), '''GIBEON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/9.3?lang=eng#2 Joshua 9:3]), '''GIBBETHON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/19.44?lang=eng#43 Joshua 19:44]), '''DISHON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/36.21?lang=eng#20 Genesis 36:21]), '''ZIPHRON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/34.9?lang=eng#8 Numbers 34:9]), '''HELBON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/ezek/27.18?lang=eng#17 Ezekiel 27:18]), '''HOLON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/21.15?lang=eng#14 Joshua 21:15]), '''HAMMON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/19.28?lang=eng#27 Joshua 19:28]), '''HEBRON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/10.36?lang=eng#35 Joshua 10:36]), '''HANNATHON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/josh/19.14?lang=eng#13 Joshua 19:14]), '''DIBON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/21.30?lang=eng#29 Numbers 21:30]), and '''HESHBON''' ([http://lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/21.30?lang=eng#29 Numbers 21:30]).<ref>Wilhelm Borée, 'Die alten OrtsnamenPalästinas (The Ancient Place Names of Palastine)'' 2nd ed. (Leipzig, 1930); Anson F. Rainey, "Toponymics od Erets-Israel," ''Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research'' 231(1978):5, calls ''-ôn'' an "appellative" suffix that describes "some feature or aspect of the site."</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:54, 15 November 2011
| Biblical GN | 1. | An ancient Near Eastern region (2 Nephi 12:13; 27:28) |
LEBANON is the name of a mountainous region north of Israel mentioned four times in the Isaiah section of the Book of Mormon but not mentioned as a separate PN or GN in the Book of Mormon. The name Lebanon contains an -ôn ending indicating a "place of whiteness" (perhaps of snow in the mountains). The German scholar, Wilhelm Borée, in his outstanding study, Die alten OrtsnamenPalästinas (The Ancient Place Names of Palastine), cites fully eighty-four ancient Canaanite place names with the ending -ôn in biblical and extrabiblical sources (Egyptian and Mesopotamian writings, the El-Amarna letters, ostraca), including AYYALON (Elon) (Joshua 19:42-43), ELTEKON (Joshua 15:59), ASHKELON (Judges 1:18), GIBEON (Joshua 9:3), GIBBETHON (Joshua 19:44), DISHON (Genesis 36:21), ZIPHRON (Numbers 34:9), HELBON (Ezekiel 27:18), HOLON (Joshua 21:15), HAMMON (Joshua 19:28), HEBRON (Joshua 10:36), HANNATHON (Joshua 19:14), DIBON (Numbers 21:30), and HESHBON (Numbers 21:30).[1]
Notes
- ↑ Wilhelm Borée, 'Die alten OrtsnamenPalästinas (The Ancient Place Names of Palastine) 2nd ed. (Leipzig, 1930); Anson F. Rainey, "Toponymics od Erets-Israel," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 231(1978):5, calls -ôn an "appellative" suffix that describes "some feature or aspect of the site."
