SEANTUM

Lehite PN

1.

Member of GADIANTON BAND, brother of Chief Judge SEEZORAM; ca. 23 BC both were murdered (Helaman 9:26)

Etymology

SEANTUM could be composed of two Semitic roots, šʾn, as represented in the Hebrew šĕʾān, “place of rest” and Ugaritic “to be at ease;” and tmm as found in Hebrew tōm and tūm meaning “perfection, in full measure” Therefore, the meaning of SEANTUM could be “place of complete rest” or “rest of perfection.”

Were it not that Ugaritic suʾnu “hem, border” and Akkadian sūnu “hem” unequivocally have a /u/ vowel (which would not explain the ae vowels of SEANTUM), it might be tempting to see a play on words in the text where he is first mentioned as “having blood on the skirts of his cloak” (Helaman 9:26).

Other suggestions include EEGYPTIAN prefix s3, “son” (JAT). Nibley has suggested a cognate of EGYPTIAN-Hittite Sandon, Sandas (LID, 33; ABM, 238).

Cf. Book of Mormon ANTUM, SEEZORAM, CEZORAM, et al., TEANCUM

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Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐝𐐀𐐈𐐤𐐓𐐊𐐣 (siːæntʌm)

Notes

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