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|King of [[LAMANITE(S)|L<small>AMANITES</small>]], 1st c. BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/hel/1/16#16 Helaman 1:16])
|[[LAMANITE(S)|L<small>AMANITE</small>]] king ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/hel/1/16#16 Helaman 1:16])
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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


This word resembles Hebrew ''tubāl'', as in the PNs Tubal ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gen/10/2#2 Genesis 10:2]) and TubalCain ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gen/4/22#22 Genesis 4:22]) and the GN Tubal ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/isa/66/19#19 Isaiah 66:19]). The ending -''oth'' looks like the  
'''TUBALOTH''' resembles the Hebrew PN Tubal ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/10.2?lang=eng#1 Genesis 10:2]) and Tubal-cain ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/4.22?lang=eng#21 Genesis 4:22]) as well as the GN Tubal ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/66.19?lang=eng#18 Isaiah 66:19]). Although the -''oth'' ending looks like the feminine plural noun ending, this ending is also used in men's names, cf. Lapidoth ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/judg/4.4?lang=eng#3 Judges 4:4]); Naboth ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-kgs/21.1,%203,%208,%209?lang=eng#primary 1 Kings 21:1, 3, 8, 9], and passim); and Meraioth ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ezra/7.31?lang=eng#30 Ezra 7:31]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/neh/11.11?lang=eng#10 Nehemiah 11:11]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/neh/12.15?lang=eng#14 12:15]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/6.5,%207,%2052?lang=eng#4 1 Chronicles 6:5, 7, 52]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/9.11?lang=eng#10 9:11]), as well as the ending of the Book of Mormon PN [[HAGOTH|H<small>AGOTH</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/63.5?lang=eng#4 Alma 63:5]). The PN Tubal may derive from the Hebrew ''tubal'' and ''tabal'', "metalworker, smith," parallel in meaning to biblical Kenites, denoting metalworkers or smiths (Hebrew ''qayin'', ''qeni''). The Hebrew ending -''oth'' (like the ending -''im'') can denote an abstract. Thus, T<small>UBALOTH</small> has the abstract sense "skill"; cf. [[HAGOTH|H<small>AGOTH</small>]], "joy."
Hebrew f.p., but it also appears on masculine PNs, e.g., Naboth in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_kgs/21 1 Kings 21] ''passim'' and Meraioth in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ezra/7/3#3 Ezra 7:3]. See also the Book of Mormon masculine PN [[HAGOTH|H<small>AGOTH</small>
(JAT). The [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] fem. pl. ''wt'' parallels the Hebrew, but in [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] gender distinctions are unimportant, since it can be both (RFS).
 
Other less likely considerations include Hebrew ''tebūl'', “turban,” and ''ṭōb'', “good” (JH).
 
King '''TUBALOTH''', like his brother [[AMALICKIAH|A<small>MALICKIAH</small>]], battled the [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITES</small>]]. The association this creates with biblical TubalCain may reflect a member of the Midianite
amphictyony, the Kenites (''gayin'', ''gênî'', ''tûbāl'' and ''tabal'' all mean “metalworker, smith”) (JCS 23:65; Albright, YGC, 36–42). The [[AMLICITES|A<small>MLICITES</small>]]/[[AMALEKITES|A<small>MALEKITES</small>]] and [[LAMANITE(S)|L<small>AMANITES</small>]]
marked themselves in fulfillment of a curse ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/3/4,13,18#4 Alma 3:4, 13, 18]), as if descendants of an eponymous ancestor, Qayin ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gen/4/15#15 Genesis 4:15]) (RFS). Such a connection becomes
even more important if the name of T<small>UBALOTH</small>’s brother, [[AMALICKIAH|A<small>MALICKIAH</small>]], derives from “[[AMALEKITES|A<small>MALEKITE</small>]],” for the [[AMALEKITES|A<small>MALEKITES</small>]] and Kenites are linked in the Bible (e.g., [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_sam/15 1 Samuel 15]).  
These facts would argue for metonymy (JAT).
 
There is in Deuteronomy or Judges a masculine name that ends in ''ot''. Find it and add it to this list. FOUND: [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/judg/4/4#4 Judges 4:4], Lapidoth, husband of Deborah.
 
Cf. Biblical Tubal, TubalCain


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''

Revision as of 11:51, 1 August 2012

Lehite PN 1. LAMANITE king (Helaman 1:16)

Etymology

TUBALOTH resembles the Hebrew PN Tubal (Genesis 10:2) and Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:22) as well as the GN Tubal (Isaiah 66:19). Although the -oth ending looks like the feminine plural noun ending, this ending is also used in men's names, cf. Lapidoth (Judges 4:4); Naboth (1 Kings 21:1, 3, 8, 9, and passim); and Meraioth (Ezra 7:31; Nehemiah 11:11; 12:15; 1 Chronicles 6:5, 7, 52; 9:11), as well as the ending of the Book of Mormon PN HAGOTH (Alma 63:5). The PN Tubal may derive from the Hebrew tubal and tabal, "metalworker, smith," parallel in meaning to biblical Kenites, denoting metalworkers or smiths (Hebrew qayin, qeni). The Hebrew ending -oth (like the ending -im) can denote an abstract. Thus, TUBALOTH has the abstract sense "skill"; cf. HAGOTH, "joy."

Variants

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