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Perhaps this is the name given to Joseph by Pharaoh, paʿnēaḥ, Paaneah in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gen/41/45#45 Genesis 41:45]. The best suggestion is Egyptian p3-ʿnḥ.i, “He [DN] is my life” (RFS translates “the living
PAANCHI is likely the Egyptian name ''p3-ʿnh'' first attested in the Thirteenth Dynasty (ca. 1800-1600 B.C.)<ref>H. S. Smith, ''The Fortress of Buhen: The Inscriptions'' (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1976), Plate V 4 (#1078), line 5'.</ref> becoming popular from the Twenty-First through Twenty-Seventh Dynasties,<ref>Hermann Ranke, ''Die ägyptischen Personennamen'' (Glückstadt: J. J. Augustin, 1935), 1:103.</ref> and surviving until Roman times (transcribed into Greek as ''Ponchēs'').<ref>Erich Lüddeckens, et al., ''Demotisches Namenbuch'' (Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, 1983), 1.3:162.</ref> The name means "the living one."<ref>Lüddeckens, et al., ''Demotisches Namenbuch'', 1.3:162.</ref> (JG)
one”), the name of pre-Meroitic Nubian kings of Egypt of the 7th and 8th c. BC, for example, (1) the son of Kerihor (see Book of Mormon Korihor/Corihor), high priest of Amon;
 
(2) ruler of the South (Nubia, Kush) who conquered all of Egypt and named himself high priest of Amon at Thebes. In the seventh c. BC, Piankhi’s successor fled from the Assyrian
Hugh Nibley has suggested that this is the same name as the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty pharaoh,<ref>LID 24–25, 29; ABM 232; see also SC, 194.</ref> but that Pharaoh's name has been reread as Piye.<ref>Richard A. Parker, "King Py, a Historical Problem," ''Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde'' 93 (1966): 111—14.</ref>
invasion to a fortified town named kipkip or kibkib, a name which suggests to Nibley the Book of Mormon cities Gidgiddoni and Gimgimno (LID 24–25, 29; ABM 232; see also SC,  
 
194).  
Robert Smith has suggested that perhaps this is the name given to Joseph by Pharaoh, ''paʿnēaḥ'', Paaneah in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gen/41/45#45 Genesis 41:45]. (RFS) The full name (Zaphnath-paaneah) fits a well-known Egyptian name pattern: dd-DN-iw=f-ʿnh "DN has said: 'he will live!'"<ref>John Gee, "Egyptian Society during the Twenth-Sixth Dynasty," in ''Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem'' (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2004), 280, 289-90.</ref> The hypochoristic form of the name ''iw=f-ʿnh'' is known from the Ptolemaic period,<ref>Lüddeckens, et al., ''Demotisches Namenbuch'', ; Ranke, ''Die ägyptischen Personennamen'', 1:14</ref> but non-hypochoristic forms are known much earlier.


Cf. Book of Mormon [[PACUMENI]], [[PAHORAN]] ([[PACHUS]], [[PAGAG]]?), [[TEOMNER]], [[TEANCUM]].
Cf. Book of Mormon [[PACUMENI]], [[PAHORAN]] ([[PACHUS]], [[PAGAG]]?), [[TEOMNER]], [[TEANCUM]].


See also the Philistine name ptgyh, a goddess worshiped in the Philistine city of Ekron, possibly meaning “‘the goddess Gaia (Earth) who was worshiped in Pytho.’” See Tristan  
See also the Philistine name ''ptgyh'', a goddess worshiped in the Philistine city of Ekron, possibly meaning “‘the goddess Gaia (Earth) who was worshiped in Pytho.’”<ref>See Tristan Barako, “One: by Sea,” ''Biblical Archaeology Review'', vol. 29, no. 2 (March/April 2003): 31.</ref>
Barako, “One: by Sea,” Biblical Archaeology Review, vol. 29, no. 2 (March/April 2003): 31.


See also [[Paanchi Variants]]
See also [[Paanchi Variants]]


==Notes==
<references/>
==Bibliography==
John Gee, "La Trahison des Clercs: On the Language and Translation of the Book of Mormon," ''Review of Books on the Book of Mormon'' 6/1 (1994): 110-111 and n. 200.
Hugh W. Nibley, ''Lehi in the Desert'', 24–25, 29.
Hugh W. Nibley, ''Approach to the Book of Mormon'', 232.
Hugh W. Nibley, ''Since Cumorah'', 194.
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Revision as of 15:37, 15 April 2011

Lehite PN 1. Contender for the Judgement seat, son of Pahoran No. 1, d. 52 BC (Helaman 1:3,7)

PAANCHI is likely the Egyptian name p3-ʿnh first attested in the Thirteenth Dynasty (ca. 1800-1600 B.C.)[1] becoming popular from the Twenty-First through Twenty-Seventh Dynasties,[2] and surviving until Roman times (transcribed into Greek as Ponchēs).[3] The name means "the living one."[4] (JG)

Hugh Nibley has suggested that this is the same name as the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty pharaoh,[5] but that Pharaoh's name has been reread as Piye.[6]

Robert Smith has suggested that perhaps this is the name given to Joseph by Pharaoh, paʿnēaḥ, Paaneah in Genesis 41:45. (RFS) The full name (Zaphnath-paaneah) fits a well-known Egyptian name pattern: dd-DN-iw=f-ʿnh "DN has said: 'he will live!'"[7] The hypochoristic form of the name iw=f-ʿnh is known from the Ptolemaic period,[8] but non-hypochoristic forms are known much earlier.

Cf. Book of Mormon PACUMENI, PAHORAN (PACHUS, PAGAG?), TEOMNER, TEANCUM.

See also the Philistine name ptgyh, a goddess worshiped in the Philistine city of Ekron, possibly meaning “‘the goddess Gaia (Earth) who was worshiped in Pytho.’”[9]

See also Paanchi Variants

Notes

  1. H. S. Smith, The Fortress of Buhen: The Inscriptions (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1976), Plate V 4 (#1078), line 5'.
  2. Hermann Ranke, Die ägyptischen Personennamen (Glückstadt: J. J. Augustin, 1935), 1:103.
  3. Erich Lüddeckens, et al., Demotisches Namenbuch (Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, 1983), 1.3:162.
  4. Lüddeckens, et al., Demotisches Namenbuch, 1.3:162.
  5. LID 24–25, 29; ABM 232; see also SC, 194.
  6. Richard A. Parker, "King Py, a Historical Problem," Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 93 (1966): 111—14.
  7. John Gee, "Egyptian Society during the Twenth-Sixth Dynasty," in Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2004), 280, 289-90.
  8. Lüddeckens, et al., Demotisches Namenbuch, ; Ranke, Die ägyptischen Personennamen, 1:14
  9. See Tristan Barako, “One: by Sea,” Biblical Archaeology Review, vol. 29, no. 2 (March/April 2003): 31.

Bibliography

John Gee, "La Trahison des Clercs: On the Language and Translation of the Book of Mormon," Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6/1 (1994): 110-111 and n. 200.

Hugh W. Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, 24–25, 29.

Hugh W. Nibley, Approach to the Book of Mormon, 232.

Hugh W. Nibley, Since Cumorah, 194.