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|MASTER MAHAN re Cain and Lamech (Moses 5:31,39). | |||
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Possibly from Hebrew ''māḥâ'' “to smite, wipe out, annihilate,”<ref>''HALOT'', II:567-568.</ref> which is used in the PN ''Měḥûyāʼēl'' “Smitten by God” (Genesis 4:18),<ref>''HALOT'', II:568.</ref> and possibly in the GN Mahujah (PGP Moses 7:2), and PN Mahijah (Moses 6:40), which are virtually the same as Aramaic PN ''Mḥwy'' in the Qumran Enoch fragments (4Q203 frag 2:1, frag 7 II:5; 4Q530 II 21; 6Q8 frag 1:2).<ref>H. Nibley, ''Enoch the Prophet'' (Provo: FARMS/SLC: Deseret, 1986) = Collected Works II:278-279.</ref> | |||
Or from hypothetical Sumerian *Maḫ-gal, “supreme-master,” with Sumerian gal “master,” as in šitim gal “master mason”<ref>Michalowski ''Letters'' 80.</ref>; gal = Akkadian ''rabu'' “great.” | |||
For both Mahah, son of Jared (Ether 6:14), and Master Mahan (Moses 5:31,39), perhaps the etymological source is Sumero-Akkadian MAḪ, ''maḫ'' “highest, supreme,” as in LU.MAḪ, ''lumaḫḫum'', a high-ranking priest, “ecstatic priest.”<ref>Oppenheim, ''Ancient Mesopotamia'', rev. ed., 221-222; Michalowski, ''Letters from Early Mesopotamia'', 32-33, 55, 58-59 (texts 83 - 86), 138.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 16:04, 29 October 2017
| Pearl of Great Price PN | 1. | MASTER MAHAN re Cain and Lamech (Moses 5:31,39). |
Possibly from Hebrew māḥâ “to smite, wipe out, annihilate,”[1] which is used in the PN Měḥûyāʼēl “Smitten by God” (Genesis 4:18),[2] and possibly in the GN Mahujah (PGP Moses 7:2), and PN Mahijah (Moses 6:40), which are virtually the same as Aramaic PN Mḥwy in the Qumran Enoch fragments (4Q203 frag 2:1, frag 7 II:5; 4Q530 II 21; 6Q8 frag 1:2).[3]
Or from hypothetical Sumerian *Maḫ-gal, “supreme-master,” with Sumerian gal “master,” as in šitim gal “master mason”[4]; gal = Akkadian rabu “great.” For both Mahah, son of Jared (Ether 6:14), and Master Mahan (Moses 5:31,39), perhaps the etymological source is Sumero-Akkadian MAḪ, maḫ “highest, supreme,” as in LU.MAḪ, lumaḫḫum, a high-ranking priest, “ecstatic priest.”[5]
See Mahah
Notes
