“The name, though not found in the Bible, has an authentic Hebrew origin, the root … meaning ‘to inherit.’ …
“It is in this light that we should understand the words in Alma 27:22 (‘and this land Jershon is the land which we will give unto our brethren for an inheritance’), Alma 27:24 (‘that they may inherit the land Jershon’)” (Ricks and Tvedtnes, “Hebrew Origins of Some Book of Mormon Place Names,” 257–58).