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| |'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]''' | | |'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]''' |
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| |Land, ca. 73 BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/39/3#3 Alma 39:3]) | | |A Book of Mormon land([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/39/3#3 Alma 39:3]) |
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| This GN is surprisingly close to the Phoenician name for Mount Hermon, namely, ''śiryon'' ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/deut/3/9#9 Deuteronomy 3:9] and [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ps/29/6#6 Psalms 29:6]), Sirion in KJV (JH, 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'', KJV Shenir (see [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/deut/3/9#9 Deuteronomy 3:9], and “Senir” in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ezek/27/5#5 Ezekiel 27:5] and [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_chr/5/23#23 1 Chronicles 5:23]).</ref> If this is the correct derivation, this would also demonstrate Phoenician influence among the Lehites/Mulekites (RFS). Notice also the similar biblical word ''siryon'' which in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/jer/51/3#3 Jeremiah 51:3] could mean “armour” (JH).
| | '''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''. |
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| Unlikely are the following suggestions: a variant spelling of or confusion with Sharon (Hebrew ''šārōn''), a portion of the coastal plain in [[ISRAEL|I<small>SRAEL</small>]] (JH); perhaps related to the name of a place called “the cistern of Sirah” (Hebrew ''bōr has-sirāh'') in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_sam/3/26#26 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 [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/isa/34/13#13 Isaiah 34:13], “forest, jungle” (luxuriant growth) (RFS).
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| See also [[Siron Variants]] | | See also [[Siron Variants]] |
Revision as of 14:47, 14 February 2012
SIRON is the name of a Book of Mormon land that ALMA the Younger's son CORIANTON entered in order to go after "the harlot ISABEL." This GN may be from the Hebrew sīr "thorn"; ṣīr "pivot, hinge; turning"; or, possibly shir "song" with the placename suffix -on.
See also Siron Variants
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