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'''Etymology''' | '''Etymology''' | ||
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 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 (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://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 (JH). | |||
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). | |||
The name of a place called “the cistern of Sirah” (Hebrew ''bōr has-sirāh'') in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-sam/3.26?lang=eng#25 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://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/34.13?lang=eng#12 Isaiah 34:13], “forest, jungle” (luxuriant growth) (RFS). | |||
See also [[Siron Variants]] | See also [[Siron Variants]] | ||
Revision as of 12:13, 8 January 2013
| Lehite GN | 1. | Land, 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
Deseret Alphabet:
Notes
- ↑ The River SIDON, part of the Mulekite territories, seems to be identical to the Phoenician city SIDON.
- ↑ 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).
