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Until | 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. | ||
If [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names can be traced to Semitic roots, one may suggest the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''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|H<small>EBREW</small>]] root *''LWH'', "accompany; (in passive/middle form) be joined, join oneself (to)."<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']].</ref> The Biblical [[Personal Name|PN]] '''L<small>EVI</small>''' may derive from the latter root. | If [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names can be traced to Semitic roots, one may suggest the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''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|H<small>EBREW</small>]] root *''LWH'', "accompany; (in passive/middle form) be joined, join oneself (to)."<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']].</ref> The Biblical [[Personal Name|PN]] '''L<small>EVI</small>''' may derive from the latter root. | ||
Revision as of 16:25, 10 September 2015
| Jaredite PN | 1. | JAREDITE king (Ether 1:20, 21; 10:14, 15) |
| Biblical PN | 2. | Son of JACOB (3 Nephi 24:3) |
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.
If JAREDITE names can be traced to Semitic roots, 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: 𐐢𐐀𐐚𐐌 (liːvaɪ)
Notes
