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|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
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|Traitor, became king of the [[LAMANITE(S)|L<small>AMANITES</small>]]; brother of [[AMALICKIAH|A<small>MALICKIAH</small>]], descended from [[ZORAM|Z<small>ORAM</small>]]. Ca. 66–61 BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/52.3,%2012?lang=eng#2 Alma 52:3 (x2), 12]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/54.1,%204,%205,%2015,%2016,%2023?lang=eng#primary 54:1, 4 (x2), 5, 15, 16, 23]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/55.1,%202,%203?lang=eng#primary 55:1 (x2), 2, 3]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/56.18,%2020?lang=eng#17 56:18, 20]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/57.1,%203,%2017?lang=eng#primary 57:1, 3, 17]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/59.7?lang=eng#6 59:7]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/62.33,%2035?lang=eng#32 62:33, 35 (x2)]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/hel/1.16?lang=eng#15 Helaman 1:16])
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'''Etymology'''

Two different sets of etymologies are possible, depending on whether the name is divided. ''Amm-moron''/''Am-oron'' can be analyzed as ''ʿmm'', “people, etc. of PN,” with the PN being either ''moron'' or ''oron''. ''Moron'' could come from the West Semitic root ''mrʾ'', “lord, master” ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]), with attenuation of the aleph, as in ''mrn'', “our lord,” in Hatrean texts DNWSI 684; compare with the 9th C. Aramaic ''mrʾn'', “our lord,” [[Frank M. Cross|Cross]] and Freedman, Early Hebrew Orthography, [[American Oriental Society|AOS]] 36, p. 22, n.10 ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). The name would then mean “people of our lord” or “the (divine) kinsman is our lord,” both plausible appellations. 

Though less likely, with a slight change of the initial vowel ''oron'' could be derived from ''ʾrwn'', “ark.” The name would then mean, “people of the ark” ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]), a plausible but unlikely PN.

''Ammor-on'' could come from the root ''ʾmr'', “to say, speak; word, command,” with hypocoristic ''-on'', meaning approximately “(god’s) word” or “(god’s) command,” a plausible name, even though the double ''h'' is not accounted for.

Less likely is ''Ammor-on'' from ''ʿmr'', “to inhabit, live,” with hypocoristic ''-on'', meaning approximately “(god) dwells.” 

See Book of Mormon [[AMARON|A<small>MARON</small>]], [[AMMARON|A<small>MMARON</small>]], [[AMORON|A<small>MORON</small>]], [[MORONI|M<small>ORONI</small>]], [[MORONIHAH|M<small>ORONIHAH</small>]], [[EMER|E<small>MER</small>]], [[OMER|O<small>MER</small>]], [[MORON|M<small>ORON</small>]], [[AMULEK|A<small>MULEK</small>]] (vs. [[MULEK|M<small>ULEK</small>]])

See also [[Ammoron / Amoron Variant]]

'''Variants'''

[[Ammoron / Amoron Variant|Ammon]], [[Ammoron / Amoron Variant|Amamoron]], [[Ammoron / Amoron Variant|Ammoren]], [[Ammoron / Amoron Variant|Amoron]]

'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐈𐐣𐐄𐐡𐐊𐐤 (æmoʊrʌn)

'''Notes'''
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