Saturday, May 2, 2020

Jerry Grover on "Ripliancum" in Ether 15:8




Ripliancum

Ether 15:8 provides a meaning for the word Ripliancum as “the waters of Ripliancum, which, by interpretation, is large, or to exceed all.” Sumerian provides essentially an exact etymology as specified in the Book of Mormon, with additional related terms:

ri: to be distant
an: upper
ri-a (form of ri)
an-na, an-ne2, an-na-ke4, an-e, an-naka,
ri, RI: to pour out
an-na-kam, an-kam (form of an)
RI-a (form of ri)
ana: upper
rib: (to be) surpassing, outstanding; (to be)
ana: as much as
strong, massive
a-na, a-na-a
li: branch
ku: to spread, discharge
la: flooding
ku-um (form of ku)
la: to stretch out
kam: to alter
a: water
kaman: irrigation work
a-ni, a-na, a-ka, a-ke4 (form of a)


Constructed Compound Word: Ribliancum. (Jerry D. Grover, Sumerian Roots of Jaredite-Derived Names and Terminology in the Book of Mormon [Provo, Utah: Challex Scientific Publications, 2017], 45-46)