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mountain ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). ...cago: University of Chicago, 1973.|''GOA'']], 245–246) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...cal [[Personal Name|PN]] Lamech ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]], [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Unlikely is a [[Personal Name|PN]] from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</sma Unlikely ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]) is a derivation from Akkadian ''lamassu'', “tutelary god” ([[Robert

...'Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', VI, 191.</ref> and [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), the Sumerian [[Geographical Name|GN]] ''Kish'', *Akkadian ''Kiššatu'' ...bert F. Smith|RFS]]), and the city near *Ebla, ''giš'' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] also notes that ''akish'' is the [[EGYPT|E<sm

...only serious suggestion which can be entertained here ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). biblical passages, is actually ''*ʿanāwāh'' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...[[Geographical Name|GN]] is ''ḫirbet silūn'' in Arabic ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).)

...#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 slig ...a half NW of Hebron, or ''ḥirbet sira'', SSW of Hebron ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...šrd'', “to present (an offering), bring down from God” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), probably a ''Š''-stem causative from the root ירד ''yrd'', “to d ...ity-name ''šeradu^ki'' (Pettinato, Archives) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...mean “(place of) measurement” ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]], [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]] and [[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]), with the nominalizing element ''-ōn''.<ref>E ...n/num/20/13#13 Numbers 20:13] [[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]] and [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]) of “My Contention,” with the 1 c.s. pronominal suffix.

...I</small>]]/[[MATHONIHAH|M<small>ATHONIHAH</small>]])? ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). .../small>]] name into [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...h this name are female, where gender can be determined ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...mith|RFS]]). Though some think this unlikely as a name ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), confer the biblical [[Personal Name|PN]] [[MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ|M<smal

...tment Antiquities and Museums|IDAM]] No. 44.323.</ref> ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). ...Department Antiquities and Museums|IDAM]] No. 44.323) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...interchange of ''b'' and ''p'' ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]], [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]], [[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). In some Semitic languages [''b''] and [''p'']

...p://scriptures.lds.org/en/num/33/6-8#6 Numbers 33:6-8] ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...ment, according to Dahood (in Pettinato, ''Archives'') ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...n. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1973.|''GOA'']], 9) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). ...ceton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1969.|''ANET'']] 667:2) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...]] Gari’, Ga-ri’-um from the time of Sargon and Ur III ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Also a ...ory translates as “beloved of the life of the leopard” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). A

...n'' that forms the basis for "oil, fat, fatness," etc. ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). The [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] feminine [[Personal Name|PN]] ''Ma

...ll>]] ''ṣnh'' (=Arabic ''ṣny''), “to lift up, elevate” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), though we have not been able to find this root ([[Paul Y. Hoskisson|PYH ...AN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''snw'', a kind of jar ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), though the unit of measure, volume, is not the same as the Book of Morm

See also biblical ''nāmēr'', "leopard, panther" (JAT, BU).<ref> It has been suggested that some Jaredite names (Coriantum, Coria

...''S<small>HELEM</small>''' seems to require /š/ or /ś/ ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Another Semitic possibility is Akkadian ''simmiltu'', “ladder,” par ...šālōm'', Absalom, ''ʾ^abī-sālōm'', Abishalom ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).<ref> It is possible that *[[ASSYRIAN|A<small>SSYRIAN</small>]] ''šulma

...l Department Antiquities and Museums|IDAM]] No. 62–40) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).</ref> would seem to offer the closest analog to Book of Mormon '''Z<sma ...resin of coniferous trees, and Coptic ''sife'', “tar” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...nt of, the [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] name. ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]) '''E<small>PHRAIM</small>''' may possibly derive from the [[HEBREW|H<sma

...even “he is faithfulness” ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]] and [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...tion that the name means “people/clan of my wandering” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), or “my paternal uncle is a nomad/nomadic,” “my paternal uncle is

...Book of Mormon names, based on still further examples) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...n. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1973.|''GOA'']], 8) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Hebrew חרטם ''ḫarṭōm'', meaning a "soothsayer-priests" a loan

...but this time the gentilic ''ī'' ending was suggested ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]] & [[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]),<ref>Robert F. Smith “Some ‘Neologisms’

...the Book of Mormon prophet '''E<small>THER</small>''' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). “Abundance” could also be an acceptable etymology.<ref>[[George Rey

...n close to Book of Mormon '''J<small>ERSHON</small>''' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Compare also the biblical feminine [[Personal Name|PN]]s ירשה ''yĕ ...g occurred in [[ABRAHAM|A<small>BRHAM</small>]]’s life ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...Possibly related to biblical [[Personal Name|PN]] Ezra ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...ntire theophoric element ([[Paul Y. Hoskisson|PYH]] and [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). That is, hypocoristic elements are not made by dropping some phonemes f ...me unless it describes the woman's physical appearance ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...ion|KJV]] frequently transliterates ''ṣ'' with a ''z'' ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Though biblical [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] does not indicate a do

.../scriptures/bofm/ether/13.28?lang=eng#27 Ether 13:28]) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).<ref>For a lengthy discussion of this name in its Book of Mormon context

...mall>]] coming from that lower elevation or depression ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). ...all>''' were "north" of [[NEPHI|N<small>EPHI</small>]] ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). the difficulty with this reading is the glottal-stop-vowel (''ʾaleph''

...HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] has ''minōn'', “dosage” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...siah 12]–[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/mosiah/13 13]). ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]) This is, however, unlikely because the hypocoristic ending ''-on'' occur

...קש ''ʿqš'', "twist, pervert" ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]] & [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]) and would be a very acceptable name for a wilderness ([[Robert F. Smith|

...TIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] prefix ''s3'', “son” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...t'', 147. This PN in Hebrew is spelled אחא.</ref>(Arad)([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). '''A<small>HA</small>''' would then be composed of the common Semitic n ...S, 1988.|Ibid.,]], 286.</ref> ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]], [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Muchiki also mentions ancient Egyptian ''iḥЗ < ˤḥЗ'' "warrior,"

...less likely is Egyptian ''n-ḥr'', "belonging to Horus" ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

Both [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]] and [[Robert F. Smith|RFS]] have suggested that the Book of Mormon spelli

...eek of [[ISAIAH|I<small>SAIAH</small>]], Esaias (contra [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Based on this assumption, a Semitic root along the line of ''ʿz/ṣ(y)

...e having preference for the first position in the name ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''imn.*iḥḥ'', “my Amon the eter

...YPTIAN</small>]] or Semitic etymology would be suspect ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...which sore battles took place ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]], [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).<ref>Bruce Metzger, ed., “Topical Index to the Bible,” 99, in his ''

...>]] to Semitic and therefore this rule would not apply ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

...', “light.” The name might then mean “people of light” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), or “(my divine) kinsman is light” ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]). Several

...PYH]]), or in the asseverative, “Surely he is exalted” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). '''L<small>URAM</small>''' could possibly then be a hypocoristic form f

...also be Anatolian ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]).) However, [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]] doubts that Angora was well-known in the Iron Age, unless through Hittite

...(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''s3'', prefix for “son” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), yielding the meaning "son of Zoram."

...name) means naught else but an idol” (Cf. Sanh. 109a) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).</ref>.” There are [[Personal Name|PN]]s using ''šēm'', as an elemen

...exts close to the time of [[LEHI|L<small>EHI</small>]] ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).<ref>See Shmuel Ahituv, ''Echoes from the Past: [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</

...riptures.lds.org/en/2_kgs/21 2 Kings 21] passim, etc.) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]] and [[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). Compare from the same root the Amorite [[Pe ...from the gentilic, etymologically the two are related ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]], [[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]).

...4-2009.|''ATV'']] 3:1565-70.</ref> meaning "Mulekite” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).<ref>John Tvedtnes, “Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon,” 1994 FARMS Bo

...eaders to think the name was an appropriate dysphemism ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Additionally, though both *''šōrem'' and *''šerem'' would be seghola ...and then represent that ''ḫ'' with the ''š'' of Coptic ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]], [[Robert F. Smith|RFS]], and [[Paul Y. Hoskisson|PYH]]).

...ess, a gentilic from a root ''lmh'' has been suggested ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Also, based on the pattern of Zimri, “my help/my strength," '''L<smal

would use the name of a hated enemy ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), because the name would mean, with gentilic ending, “the Amalekite.”

...ts.[4] There is also a Hadrami example of the PN ''lḥy'' in ''ANET'', 670 (JAT), and the PN ''lwḥy'' appears in writings from the Jewish colony at Eleph ...oseph Ginat, who connected a cave in the area with that of 1 Nephi 3.[6]  (JAT).

...[[MORON|M<small>ORON</small>]] (see immediately above) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] also pointed out the connection, giving the m

''npḥ'', “to breathe, blow” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]], [[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]), and ''nph'', “to discard, banish, reject” ([ ...[[Robert F. Smith|RFS]], [[Jo Ann Carlton Hackett|JH]], [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).<ref>Robert F. Smith “Some ‘Neologisms’ from the Mormon Canon,”

...(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''s3'', prefix for “son” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).<ref>Eve Koller, ''BYU Studies'', 57/4 (2019): 139–148.</ref>

...otables such as the one used at the festival of Sukkot ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), or a type of “high place” (“shrine” in the [[Abbreviations|JPS]

...>''' reflects a specific Aramaic form for “our master” ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]) is possible from the Aramaic form of the word, but unlikely that given t

...ʿa-ḥemlâ'' "Seed of Compassion" ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]], [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]), or "Merciful scattering," employing חמלה ''ḥemlâ'' "mercy, compa ...lk etymology), whose destruction he had just mentioned ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). Cf. for example, the reading ''zeraʽ'' in [[Massoretic Text = Biblia H

...g a factor in the determination of Book of Mormon names ([[John A Tvetdnes|JAT]]).

...quivalent of the abstract noun for ''kĕmōrāh'',<ref>See [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]] in [[Newsletter and Proceedings of the Society for Early Historic Archaeo

...ures/bofm/moro/7.46,%2047?lang=eng#45 Moroni 7:46–47]) ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).

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