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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>''[[Abbreviations|HALOT]]'', 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 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>]].


<div style="text-align: right;">[[Paul Y. Hoskisson|PYH]]</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">[[Paul Y. Hoskisson|PYH]]</div>

Revision as of 09:59, 16 May 2014

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. 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.