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Until a possible language origin for [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names must remain more speculative than substantive. | |||
No etymology is suggested. | No etymology is suggested. | ||
[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 46, has suggested, “(Possibly from ''shaal'' [''šʾl''], ‘to ask for, to desire’), meaning a man of prayer.” | [[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 46, has suggested, “(Possibly from ''shaal'' [''šʾl''], ‘to ask for, to desire’), meaning a man of prayer.” | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 24 June 2013
| Jaredite PN | 1. | King (Ether 1:30, 31; 7:7, 8 (x2), 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 (x2), 18, 19 (x2), 20, 21 (x2), 22 (x4), 23, 24, 26, 27) |
Etymology
Until a possible language origin for JAREDITE can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive.
No etymology is suggested.
Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI, p. 46, has suggested, “(Possibly from shaal [šʾl], ‘to ask for, to desire’), meaning a man of prayer.”
One might consider Sumerian ŠU-LÁ (= Akkaidan qiptu) "belief, trust" (Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon, 370; CAD Q 260-63). This is not known, however, as a name even in Sumerian.
There has been a tendency to connect the JAREDITES with the Olmec. It is not certain what language the Olmec spoke. It was probably not Maya. One might, nonetheless, be tempted to connect this king with Maya xul "carving" (Coe, Reading the Maya Glyphs, 166). Such a reading does not conform to typical Classical Maya naming practices.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐟𐐆𐐅𐐢 (ʃɪuːl)
Notes
Bibliography
- Rykle Borger. Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2003).
- The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Volume 13, Q. (Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 1982). CAD Q.
- Michael Coe. Reading the Maya Glyphs (London: Thames & Hudson, 2001).
