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|'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]'''
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|Place, ca. 74 BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/43.31,%2035?lang=eng#30 Alma 43:31, 35])
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'''Etymology'''

Confer the biblical [[Geographical Name|GN]] Riblah, with interchange of ''b'' and ''p'' ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]], [[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]], [[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). In some Semitic languages [''b''] and [''p''] are not always differentiated in the script (Akkadian, especially 
when they close a syllable) and orally (Arabic where only [''b''] exists, thus “bolice” for “police”). Consult the standard biblical commentaries for the citations and the etymology. 
Note also Arabic ''rbl'', “fertile, abundant” ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]).

It may be that this [[Geographical Name|GN]] is [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] in origin because of the common element ''ribla-'' occuring exclusively in [[JAREDITES|J<small>AREDITE</small>]] names.

Cf. Book of Mormon [[RIPLAKISH|R<small>IPLAKISH</small>]], [[RIPLIANCUM|R<small>IPLIANCUM</small>]], [[LIB|L<small>IB</small>]]

'''Variants'''

'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐡𐐆𐐑𐐢𐐂 (rɪplɑː)

'''Notes'''
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