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|Old World prophet quoted by [[NEPHI|N<small>EPHI</small>]] I ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_ne/19/10#10 1 Nephi 19:10])
|A non-biblical [[ISRAELITES|I<small>SRAELITE</small>]] prophet ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/19.10?lang=eng#9 1 Nephi 19:10])
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The biblical Hebrew ''ne’um'' means “voice (inspired or visionary), utterance, revelation, word, decree; oration, song” (RFS) or “oracle” (JH; cf. Köhler-Baumgartner).  The word is
'''Etymology'''
used in the prophetic texts to mean an utterance of Jehovah, and thus is a suitable name for a prophet (JH).


The root ''*N‘M'' means “to be pleasant” (JAT, JH; cf Köhler-Baumgartner).  From this root come the biblical PN ''na‘am'', ''na‘am_h'', ''na‘omî'', and ''na‘aman''.  However, the vowels in
The [[Personal Name|PN]] '''N<small>EUM</small>''' may perhaps be a shortened form of נאם-יהוה ''nĕʾūm-YHWH'', “declaration of Yahweh” (= LXX Greek ''legei kyrios''), which is part of the oracle formula common to Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.<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> This, in its own turn, may be from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] נאם ''nēʾūm'' (''naʾim, noʾem'') “visionary utterance; decree” ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/22.16?lang=eng#15 Genesis 22:16]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/24.3-4,%2015-16?lang=eng#2 Numbers 24:3-4, 15-16]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-sam/23.1?lang=eng#primary 2 Samuel 23:1a]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/prov/30.1?lang=eng#primary Proverbs 30:1]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/36.2?lang=eng#1 Psalm 36:2]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ezek/36.23?lang=eng#22 Ezekiel 36:23]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/zech/12.1?lang=eng#primary Zechariah 12:1]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/mal/2.1?lang=eng#primary Malachi 2:1]).<ref>H. Kosmala, in ''Vetus Testamentum'' 14/3 (1964): 428, 431-32.</ref> The Hebrew noun נאם ''nēʾūm'' is normally restricted to divine speech. However, the Tannaim used it with human speech ([[Talmud Babli Babylonian Talmud|TB]] ''Yebamot'' 12:11), and use with human speech was originally a North Israelite feature.<ref>Gary Rendsburg, “Hebrew Philological Notes (1),” ''Hebrew Studies'' 40 (1999): 29-30.</ref>
'''NEUM''' are inappropriate for a stative Hebrew verb (JH), which would be ''na‘im''. The noun form is ''no‘am'' (RFS).


Unlikely is the derivation of the name from Nehemiah, one of the Jews who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel) (R&S 1:203). The phoneme ''h'' cannot be dismissed (RFS).
The [[Personal Noun|PN]] [[NEUM|N<small>EUM</small>]] may also be connected to the Hebrew term, נעים ''naʿim'' “bard; priestly meistersinger” ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-sam/23.1?lang=eng#primary 2 Samuel 23:1b]; cf. [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-kgs/3.15?lang=eng#14 2 Kings 3:15]) = Greek ''aoidos'' “bard, oral-poet, composer-singer”; cf. Ugaritic ''nʿm'' “bard,” and Arabic ''nģm'' “sing,” ''naģmat'' “melody.”<ref>F. M. Cross, ''From Epic to Canon'', 140, citing Ugaritic [[Corpus des tablettes en cunéiformes alphabétiques: découvertes à Ras Shamra-Ugarit de 1929 à 1939|CTA]] 3.1.19, and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/25.7?lang=eng#6 1 Chronicles 25:7], where the High Priest is the Meistersinger; Cross, “Toward a History of Hebrew Prosody,” in ''Fortunate the Eyes That See'', eds. Beck, Bartelt, Raabe, and Francke, 302-303 (as in [[Corpus des tablettes en cunéiformes alphabétiques: découvertes à Ras Shamra-Ugarit de 1929 à 1939|CTA]] 3.1.19); see also D. N. Freedman, ''Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy: Studies in Early Hebrew Poetry'' (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1980).</ref>


Cf. Book of Mormon [[JENEUM]], [[NAHOM]].
See [[JENEUM|J<small>ENEUM</small>]] / [[JONEUM|J<small>ONEUM</small>]], [[MALACHI|M<small>ALACHI</small>]], [[NAHOM|N<small>AHOM</small>]].


SDR
<div style="text-align: right;">[[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]</div>
 
'''Variants'''
 
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐤𐐀𐐊𐐣 (niːʌm)
 
'''Notes'''
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'''Bibliography'''
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[[Frank M. Cross Jr.|Cross, Frank Moore, Jr.]] “Toward a History of Hebrew Prosody,” in ''Fortunate the Eyes That See: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday'', eds. A. Beck, A. Bartelt, P. Raabe, and C. Francke, 298-309. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
 
[[Frank M. Cross Jr.|Cross, Frank Moore, Jr.]] ''From Epic to Canon: History and Literature in Ancient Israel''.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1998.
 
[[David Noel Freedman|Freedman, David Noel]]. ''Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy: Studies in Early Hebrew Poetry''.
Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1980.
 
Kosmala, Hans.  “Form and Structure in Ancient Hebrew Poetry (A New Approach),” ''Vetus
Testamentum'' 14/3 (Oct 1964):423-445.
 
Rendsburg, Gary, “Hebrew Philological Notes (1),” ''Hebrew Studies'' 40 (1999):28-32.


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Latest revision as of 10:16, 8 October 2023

Brass Plates PN 1. A non-biblical ISRAELITE prophet (1 Nephi 19:10)

Etymology

The PN NEUM may perhaps be a shortened form of נאם-יהוה nĕʾūm-YHWH, “declaration of Yahweh” (= LXX Greek legei kyrios), which is part of the oracle formula common to Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.[1] This, in its own turn, may be from the HEBREW נאם nēʾūm (naʾim, noʾem) “visionary utterance; decree” (Genesis 22:16; Numbers 24:3-4, 15-16; 2 Samuel 23:1a; Proverbs 30:1; Psalm 36:2; Ezekiel 36:23; Zechariah 12:1; Malachi 2:1).[2] The Hebrew noun נאם nēʾūm is normally restricted to divine speech. However, the Tannaim used it with human speech (TB Yebamot 12:11), and use with human speech was originally a North Israelite feature.[3]

The PN NEUM may also be connected to the Hebrew term, נעים naʿim “bard; priestly meistersinger” (2 Samuel 23:1b; cf. 2 Kings 3:15) = Greek aoidos “bard, oral-poet, composer-singer”; cf. Ugaritic nʿm “bard,” and Arabic nģm “sing,” naģmat “melody.”[4]

See JENEUM / JONEUM, MALACHI, NAHOM.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐤𐐀𐐊𐐣 (niːʌm)

Notes


  1. HALOT.
  2. H. Kosmala, in Vetus Testamentum 14/3 (1964): 428, 431-32.
  3. Gary Rendsburg, “Hebrew Philological Notes (1),” Hebrew Studies 40 (1999): 29-30.
  4. F. M. Cross, From Epic to Canon, 140, citing Ugaritic CTA 3.1.19, and 1 Chronicles 25:7, where the High Priest is the Meistersinger; Cross, “Toward a History of Hebrew Prosody,” in Fortunate the Eyes That See, eds. Beck, Bartelt, Raabe, and Francke, 302-303 (as in CTA 3.1.19); see also D. N. Freedman, Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy: Studies in Early Hebrew Poetry (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1980).

Bibliography


Cross, Frank Moore, Jr. “Toward a History of Hebrew Prosody,” in Fortunate the Eyes That See: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday, eds. A. Beck, A. Bartelt, P. Raabe, and C. Francke, 298-309. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.

Cross, Frank Moore, Jr. From Epic to Canon: History and Literature in Ancient Israel. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1998.

Freedman, David Noel. Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy: Studies in Early Hebrew Poetry. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1980.

Kosmala, Hans. “Form and Structure in Ancient Hebrew Poetry (A New Approach),” Vetus Testamentum 14/3 (Oct 1964):423-445.

Rendsburg, Gary, “Hebrew Philological Notes (1),” Hebrew Studies 40 (1999):28-32.

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