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|Lehite noun
|'''[[:Category:Lehite noun|Lehite noun]]'''
|Measure for Gold weight, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:5, 9)
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|Measure for Gold weight, ca. 82 BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/11.5,%209?lang=eng#4 Alma 11:5, 9])
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The most obvious possibility is Hebrew šūm (Akkadian šūmu, Sumerian s u m, Arabic tūm, Aramaic tūmâʾ) “garlic,” an unusual but not implausible name for a measure  
'''Etymology'''
 
The most obvious possibility is [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] שום ''šūm'' (Akkadian ''šūmu'', Sumerian s u m, Arabic ''tūm'', Aramaic ''tūmâʾ'') “garlic,” an unusual but not implausible name for a measure  
of gold.
of gold.


Less likely as the source for Shum are Semitic cognates of Hebrew šēm, “name, monument,” e.g., Akkadian šumu. This root appears in the Ebla PNs ṭubi- šum and išma-  
Less likely as the source for '''S<small>HUM</small>''' are Semitic cognates of [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] שם ''šēm'', “name, monument,” e.g., Akkadian ''šumu''. This root appears in the Ebla PNs ''ṭubi- šum'' and ''išma-šum'' as the theophoric element, according to Dahood (in Pettinato, ''Archives'') ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).
šum as the theophoric element, according to Dahood (in Pettinato, Archives) (JAT).
 
Unlikely is the meaning *”to value” for ''shum'' ([[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], ''Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', IV, p. 282).
 
('''S<small>HUM</small>''' is not in the Bible, but it is found in [[MOSES|M<small>OSES</small>]] 7:5,7)
 
Cf. Book of Mormon [[SHEM|S<small>HEM</small>]], [[SHIM|S<small>HIM</small>]], et al.


Unlikely is the meaning *”to value” for shum (Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, IV, p. 282).
'''Variants'''


(Shum is not in the Bible, but it is found in Moses)
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐟𐐊𐐣 (ʃʌm)


Cf. Book of Mormon [[SHEM]], [[SHIM]], et al.
'''Notes'''
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Latest revision as of 07:13, 22 November 2023

Lehite noun 1. Measure for Gold weight, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:5, 9)

Etymology

The most obvious possibility is HEBREW שום šūm (Akkadian šūmu, Sumerian s u m, Arabic tūm, Aramaic tūmâʾ) “garlic,” an unusual but not implausible name for a measure of gold.

Less likely as the source for SHUM are Semitic cognates of HEBREW שם šēm, “name, monument,” e.g., Akkadian šumu. This root appears in the Ebla PNs ṭubi- šum and išma-šum as the theophoric element, according to Dahood (in Pettinato, Archives) (JAT).

Unlikely is the meaning *”to value” for shum (Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, IV, p. 282).

(SHUM is not in the Bible, but it is found in MOSES 7:5,7)

Cf. Book of Mormon SHEM, SHIM, et al.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐟𐐊𐐣 (ʃʌm)

Notes


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