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The linguistic connections of | The linguistic connections of [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names are not known and speculative at best. | ||
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.” | 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.” | ||
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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. | 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 | There has been a tendency to connect the [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITES</small>]] 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. | ||
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Revision as of 10:54, 3 February 2012
| Jaredite PN | 1. | King (Ether 1:30–31; 7:27) |
No etymology is suggested.
The linguistic connections of JAREDITE names are not known and speculative at best.
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.
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).
