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