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Until a possible language origin for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive. | Until a possible language origin for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive. | ||
Sumerian | Sumerian lib "(to be) rich, well-off; high quality; (to be) happy" = Akkadian ''hadû'', ''hidiātu'', ''râšu'', ''rāšû'', ''rīšātu''.<ref>e''Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary''.</ref> | ||
Akkadian ''libbu'', ''lib-bi'' “heart, center” (loanword in Sumerian lib "inner body; heart")<ref>e''PSD''.</ref> = Ugaritic ''lb'', Hebrew ''lēb'', ''lēbāb''.<ref>Tawil, ''Akkadian Lexical Companion'', 177-184; Patrick R. Bennett, ''Comparative Semitic Linguistics: A Manual'' (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1998), 238-239.</ref> | |||
Sumerian | Sumerian lib "dazed silence, (deathly) silence; (to be) dazed" = Akkadian ''šaqummatu''; | ||
Cf. Sumerian lib<sub>4</sub> “agitate,” and lib<sub>4</sub>-lib<sub>4</sub> "plunderer."<ref>e''PSD''.</ref> | |||
See [[RIPLAKISH|R<small>IPLAKISH</small>]], [[RIPLIANCUM|R<small>IPLIANCUM</small>]], [[RIPLAH|R<small>IPLAH</small>]] | See [[RIPLAKISH|R<small>IPLAKISH</small>]], [[RIPLIANCUM|R<small>IPLIANCUM</small>]], [[RIPLAH|R<small>IPLAH</small>]] | ||
Revision as of 11:20, 16 July 2013
| Jaredite PN | 1. | King (Ether 1:17, 18; 10:18, 19 (x3), 29) |
| 2. | Usurper (Ether 14:10 (x2), 11 (x2), 12 (x3), 13, 14, 15 (x2), 16 (x3), 17) |
Etymology
Until a possible language origin for JAREDITE can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive.
Sumerian lib "(to be) rich, well-off; high quality; (to be) happy" = Akkadian hadû, hidiātu, râšu, rāšû, rīšātu.[1]
Akkadian libbu, lib-bi “heart, center” (loanword in Sumerian lib "inner body; heart")[2] = Ugaritic lb, Hebrew lēb, lēbāb.[3]
Sumerian lib "dazed silence, (deathly) silence; (to be) dazed" = Akkadian šaqummatu; Cf. Sumerian lib4 “agitate,” and lib4-lib4 "plunderer."[4]
See RIPLAKISH, RIPLIANCUM, RIPLAH
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐢𐐆𐐒 (lɪb)
Notes
