Source:Tvedtnes:Gee:Roper:Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions:JBMS 9:1:The name Aha in ancient Israel

Revision as of 08:54, 4 September 2014 by RogerNicholson (talk | contribs) (m)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

The name Aha is attested in several early Hebrew inscriptions

Parent page: Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Language/Names

The name Aha is attested in several early Hebrew inscriptions

Aha was one of the sons of the Nephite military leader Zoram (Alma 16:5). Hugh Nibley proposed that the name was of Egyptian origin, ʿhh, meaning "warrior". But the name is now attested in several early inscriptions as Hebrew ʾhʾ, thought by scholars to have been vocalized ʾAhaʾ and to be a hypocoristic name based on ʾah, "brother". The longer form, rendered Ahijah in the King James Bible, is ʾahîyah(û), which means "brother of Yah (Jehovah)" or "Yah is my brother",21 which is also attested in a dozen ancient Hebrew inscriptions.22[1]

Notes

  1. John A. Tvedtnes, John Gee, Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9/1 (2000): 40–51.