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|'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]'''
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|A Book of Mormon land ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/39/3#3 Alma 39:3])
|Land near the borders of the Lamanites, ca. 73 BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/39.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 39:3])
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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


'''SIRON''' is the name of a Book of Mormon land that [[ALMA|A<small>LMA</small>]] the Younger's son [[CORIANTON|C<small>ORIANTON</small>]] entered in order to go after "the harlot [[ISABEL|I<small>SABEL</small>]]." This GN may be from the Hebrew ''sīr'' "thorn"; ''ṣīr'' "pivot, hinge; turning"; or, possibly ''shir'' "song" with the placename suffix ''-on''.
Given the possibility of Phoenician influence on the Mulekites who first settled the land around [[ZARAHEMLA|Z<small>ARAHEMLA</small>]],<ref>The River [[SIDON|S<small>IDON</small>]], part of the Mulekite territories, seems to be identical to the Phoenician city [[SIDON|S<small>IDON</small>]].</ref> this [[Geographical Name|GN]] may be identical to the biblically attested Phoenician name for Mount Hermon, namely, ''śiryôn'' ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/3.9?lang=eng#8 Deuteronomy 3:9] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ps/29.6?lang=eng#5 Psalms 29:6]), Sirion in KJV ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]], [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).<ref>Also unusual is the metathesis of the ''r'' and ''n'', and the slightly different vowels in the Amorite name for the same mountain, ''śenīr'', [[King James Version|KJV]] Shenir (see [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/3.9?lang=eng#8 Deuteronomy 3:9], and “Senir” in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ezek/27.5?lang=eng#4 Ezekiel 27:5] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/5.23?lang=eng#22 1 Chronicles 5:23]).</ref>. Notice also the similar biblical word ''siryôn'' which in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/jer/46.4?lang=eng#3 Jeremiah 46:4] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/jer/51.3?lang=eng#2 51:3] is a type of body armor ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]).
 
 
Unlikely are the following suggestions:
 
A variant spelling of or confusion with Sharon ([[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''šārōn''), a portion of the coastal plain in [[ISRAEL|I<small>SRAEL</small>]] ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]).
 
The name of a place called “the cistern of Sirah” ([[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''bōr has-sirāh'') in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-sam/3.26?lang=eng#25 2 Samuel 3:26] ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]), possibly Arabic ''ʿayn sāra''(''t''), a mile and a half NW of Hebron, or ''ḥirbet sira'', SSW of Hebron ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).
 
Biblical ''seren'', “tyrant” ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]).
 
Biblical ''sīr'', “throne, hook” ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]), but in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/34.13?lang=eng#12 Isaiah 34:13], “forest, jungle” (luxuriant growth) ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]).


See also [[Siron Variants]]
See also [[Siron Variants]]
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[[Siron Variants|Siren]]
[[Siron Variants|Siren]]


'''Deseret Alphabet:'''
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐝𐐌𐐡𐐊𐐤 (saɪrʌn)


'''Notes'''
'''Notes'''
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Revision as of 17:54, 21 November 2015

Lehite GN 1. Land near the borders of the Lamanites, ca. 73 BC (Alma 39:3)

Etymology

Given the possibility of Phoenician influence on the Mulekites who first settled the land around ZARAHEMLA,[1] this GN may be identical to the biblically attested Phoenician name for Mount Hermon, namely, śiryôn (Deuteronomy 3:9 and Psalms 29:6), Sirion in KJV (JH, JAT).[2]. Notice also the similar biblical word siryôn which in Jeremiah 46:4 and 51:3 is a type of body armor (JH).


Unlikely are the following suggestions:

A variant spelling of or confusion with Sharon (HEBREW šārōn), a portion of the coastal plain in ISRAEL (JH).

The name of a place called “the cistern of Sirah” (HEBREW bōr has-sirāh) in 2 Samuel 3:26 (JH), possibly Arabic ʿayn sāra(t), a mile and a half NW of Hebron, or ḥirbet sira, SSW of Hebron (JAT).

Biblical seren, “tyrant” (JH).

Biblical sīr, “throne, hook” (JH), but in Isaiah 34:13, “forest, jungle” (luxuriant growth) (RFS).

See also Siron Variants

Variants

Siren

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐝𐐌𐐡𐐊𐐤 (saɪrʌn)

Notes


  1. The River SIDON, part of the Mulekite territories, seems to be identical to the Phoenician city SIDON.
  2. Also unusual is the metathesis of the r and n, and the slightly different vowels in the Amorite name for the same mountain, śenīr, KJV Shenir (see Deuteronomy 3:9, and “Senir” in Ezekiel 27:5 and 1 Chronicles 5:23).
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