SHARED

Jaredite PN

1.

Challenger to the JAREDITE throne (Ether 13:23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 (x2), 31; 14:3 (x2), 4, 5, 8)

Etymology

If Semitic languages can be appealed to for derivations of JAREDITE names (SHARED may be a translation of the JAREDITE name into NEPHITE and not a transliteration), Ugaritic šrd, “to present (an offering), bring down from God,” probably a Š-stem causative from the root yrd, “to descend,” then SHARED could mean “offering” or “presentation.” Note a possible parallel construction, with interchange d > t, in the Hebrew šārēt, “service” in cultic ritual (Numbers 4:12 and 2 Chronicles 24:14), from the verb šrt meaning “to serve” in cultic ritual.

Confer also the Ebla city-name *šeraduki (Pettinato, Archives) (JAT).

(PYH)

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