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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


Perhaps this name could be derived form the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] root ''šmn'' that forms the basis for "oil, fat, fatness," etc. ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). The [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] feminine PN ''Mashmannah'' "fat, stout, lusty, fertile" ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/12.10?lang=eng#9 1 Chronicles 12:10]) seems to be built on this root ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]).<ref>It is possible that this name was not her real name but a nickname.</ref> The Arabic cognate, ''musmin'', means "nobleman."<ref>Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner, eds. ''The Hebrew & Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament,'' 2 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1995, trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition., משמן.</ref> Therefore, it is possible that '''S<small>HEMNON</small>''' consists of the root "fatness" and by extention, "importance" and the common Semitic ending on PNs and GNs ''-ōn'', for example, as in the PN [[GIDEON|G<small>IDEON</small>]].
Perhaps this name could be derived form the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] root ''šmn'' that forms the basis for "oil, fat, fatness," etc. ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). The [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] feminine [[Personal Name|PN]] ''Mashmannah'' "fat, stout, lusty, fertile" ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/12.10?lang=eng#9 1 Chronicles 12:10]) seems to be built on this root ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]).<ref>It is possible that this name was not her real name but a nickname.</ref> The Arabic cognate, ''musmin'', means "nobleman."<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig]], and [[Walter Baumgartner]], [[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> Therefore, it is possible that '''S<small>HEMNON</small>''' consists of the root "fatness" and by extention, "importance" and the common Semitic ending on [[Personal Name|PN]]s and GNs ''-ōn'', for example, as in the [[Personal Name|PN]] [[GIDEON|G<small>IDEON</small>]].


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Revision as of 19:43, 5 July 2017

Lehite PN 1. Apostle, ca. 30 AD 3 Nephi 19:4.

Etymology

Perhaps this name could be derived form the HEBREW root šmn that forms the basis for "oil, fat, fatness," etc. (JAT). The HEBREW feminine PN Mashmannah "fat, stout, lusty, fertile" (1 Chronicles 12:10) seems to be built on this root (JH).[1] The Arabic cognate, musmin, means "nobleman."[2] Therefore, it is possible that SHEMNON consists of the root "fatness" and by extention, "importance" and the common Semitic ending on PNs and GNs -ōn, for example, as in the PN GIDEON.

Cf. SHEM, SHEMLON, SHIM, SHIMNILOM

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐟𐐇𐐣𐐤𐐊𐐤 (ʃɛmnʌn)

Notes


  1. It is possible that this name was not her real name but a nickname.
  2. Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, HALOT
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