Kimball

Biblical El-names with √qm

There are many Biblical names with Aramaic קים qym, Hebrew קום qwm, of the same root קם √qm which means “to stand”.

• Kemu-El קמואל
• Elia-Kim אליקים
• Adoni-Kam אדניקם
• Ahi-Kam אחיקם
• Azri-Kam עזריקם
• Yehoia-Kim יהויקים

Phoenician names with √qm

Since Biblical names & Phoenician names were fundamentally the same, similar names can also be found in Phoenician inscriptions. Frank Benz lists the following name variants for the root קם √qm:

• אבקם ˀbqm, Phoenician (probably pronounced Abi-Kum)
• מקם mqm, Phoenician (probably pronounced Makum)
• מקם אלם mqm ˀlm, Punic (title or office, probably pronounced Makum-Olem)
• מקמאל mqmˀl, Nabatean (probably pronounced Makum-El)
• מקימו mqymw, Nabatean (probably pronounced Makimu)
• Μοκιμος Mokimos, Greek
• Μοκειμος Mokeimos, Greek
• Aḫiya-qaamu, Hebrew
• Aḫi-qumu, Hebrew

QM qwm “to rise, stand”

Qal pf. in ˀBQM, cf. vocalized names below and parallels; and perhaps Yiphil ptcp. in the other (Harris, 142). On this ptcp. formation cf. the Nabatean names mqmˀl, mqymw, Gr. Μοκιμος, Μοκειμος (Cooke, 78.2), and the P title or office mqm ˀlm in CIS 227, 260-62, 377, 3351, 3352, 3788; RES 13, 360, 537, 553, 554, 1569, and in the NP insc. Cooke 57.4 myqm ˀlm. For discussion of the n. mqm in Ph-P see Février, CB 9 (1960-61), 33-36; Dahood, Biblica 43 (1962), 360. On occurrences see Dict., 165. For parallels see IPN, 176, 200-201; PTU, 178; APNM, 259.

1. MQM
2. ˀBQM

A-ḫi-ya-qa-a-mu APN 16; Aḫi-qu-mu ADD 531 R 4.

Benz, Frank: Personal Names in the Phoenician and Punic Inscriptions

Biblical El-names corresponding to Phoenician Baal-names

Many Biblical El-names like חניאל Hanni-El or its reverse אלחנן El-Hanan have occurred outside the Bible as Baal-names such as חניבעל Hanni-Baal and its reverse בעלחנן Baal-Hanan. We can thus well imagine that Kemu-El also had a Baal form, like the others.

• Hanni-El ≈ Hanni-Baal
• El-Hanan ≈ Baal-Hanno
• Azr-El ≈ Azr-Baal
• El-Azr ≈ Baal-Azr

Yiddish spelling of Kimball as Kim-Baal

Interestingly, the Yiddish spelling for Kimball is קימבעל qymbˁl with Ayin, exactly how the Phoenicians would have spelled it. This is unusual, since A as in a “football” ball is typically spelled with Aleph. It may be that this Latin spelling for Kimball developed out of a Phoenician Baal spelling, or that some spook just felt playful here.

ווערנאן שילינגער (דזשאנאטאן קימבעל סימאנס), דער פירער פון דער ארישער ברודערשאפט

Vernon Shillinger (Jonathan Kimble Simmons), the leader of the Aryan brotherhood

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qm for “standing” as pun with qm for “mask”

The meaning of the root קם qm is “lift” or “standing”. The Biblical El variants are usually interpreted as “God stands” or something like that.

But of course, all Phoenician names are hidden ruler puns. Kim-Baal is even a very straightforward case: קם qm / כם km is a pan-Semitic word root for “concealing”, very often used for garments that cover something, like sleeves or muzzles. Interestingly, in Arabic the term is even used for the modern surgical masks, that our spook rulers made mandatory during the Coronahoax.

The main problem with detecting this root is that it’s fuzzy. It occurs mostly outside Hebrew, and the spelling varies between qm & km. The root may be very old though: Ernest Klein derives it from Akkadian kamtu, which seems to be a variant of katamu for “concealing”. Apparently, the T has been swallowed up in many later forms. (This also happened to qm for “first”, which is derived from qdm with a swallowed D.)

But overall, we can safely conclude that to the Phoenician spook overlords, Kim-Baal was a pun with masked lord.

Advice to the public about the emerging corona virus (nCoV-2019): How and when to use a mask

nṣˀḥ lljmhwr ˁn fyrws kwrwnˀ ˀlmstjd (nCoV-2019): kyf wmtˀ tstˁml ˀl kmˀmʰ

نصائح للجمهور عن فيروس كورونا المستجد (‏‎2019-nCoV‏): كيف ومتى ‏تستعمل الكمامة

WHO: When and how to use masks