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|'''[[:Category:Jaredite PN|Jaredite PN]]'''
|'''[[:Category:Jaredite PN|Jaredite PN]]'''
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|King ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/1.20,%2021?lang=eng#19 Ether 1:20, 21]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/10.14,%2015?lang=eng#13 10:14, 15])
|[[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small> king ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/1.20,%2021?lang=eng#19 Ether 1:20, 21]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/ether/10.14,%2015?lang=eng#13 10:14, 15])
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|'''[[:Category:Biblical PN|Biblical PN]]'''
|'''[[:Category:Biblical PN|Biblical PN]]'''
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|Son of [[JACOB|J<small>ACOB</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/24.3?lang=eng#2 3 Nephi 24:3])
|Son of [[JACOB|J<small>ACOB</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/24.3?lang=eng#2 3 Nephi 24:3])
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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.
Although the etymology of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names is conjectural at best, one may suggest the Hebrew ''lābīʾ'', "lion," where the "be" is pronounced as a "v" sound (in linguistic terminology, the intervocalic spirantization of a stop),<ref>Edward Lipinski, ''Semitic Languages" Outline of a Comparative Grammar'' (Leuven: Peeters, 1997), 96-99.</ref> or from the Hebrew root *''LWH'', "accompany; (in passive/middle form) be joined, join oneself (to)."<ref>''HALOT''.</ref> The Biblical PN '''LEVI''' may derive from the latter root.
 
In view of the fact that he sees a trend in some [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names to be related to the lion and leopard ([[SHIBLON|S<small>HIBLON</small>]]/[[SHIBLOM|<small>M</small>]], [[CORIANTUM|C<small>ORIANTUM</small>]], [[CORIANTOR|C<small>ORIANTOR</small>]], [[LIB|L<small>IB</small>]], [[NIMRAH|N<small>IMRAH</small>]], [[NIMROD|N<small>IMROD</small>]]), Urrutia sees
'''LEVI''' as possibly related to Hebrew ''lābīʾ'', “lion,” where the ''b'' is pronunced ''v'' in modern Hebrew (NPSEHA, 150.0 [Aug. 1982]). This latter fact, in Tvedtnes’s view, mitigates
against such a possibility, since it is more likely that Joseph Smith would have spelled or pronounced the name “L<small>EVI</small>” only if it corresponded to the biblical name.


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''
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'''Notes'''
'''Notes'''
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Revision as of 11:21, 16 May 2013

Jaredite PN 1. [[JAREDITES|JAREDITE king (Ether 1:20, 21; 10:14, 15)
Biblical PN 2. Son of JACOB (3 Nephi 24:3)

Etymology

Although the etymology of JAREDITE names is conjectural at best, one may suggest the Hebrew lābīʾ, "lion," where the "be" is pronounced as a "v" sound (in linguistic terminology, the intervocalic spirantization of a stop),[1] or from the Hebrew root *LWH, "accompany; (in passive/middle form) be joined, join oneself (to)."[2] The Biblical PN LEVI may derive from the latter root.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet:

Notes


  1. Edward Lipinski, Semitic Languages" Outline of a Comparative Grammar (Leuven: Peeters, 1997), 96-99.
  2. HALOT.