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'''A<small>LPHA</small>''' appears in the phrase "<b>A<small>LPHA</small></b> and [[OMEGA|O<small>MEGA</small>]]" with reference to the risen Lord in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/9/18#18 3 Nephi 9:18]. It appears to be based on the same phrase that occurs in the KJV rendering of Rev. in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/1.8?lang=eng#7 1:8], where the phrase is "I am the Alpha and Omega [Grk. ''koine "to Alpha kai to O"''], the beginning and the ending," with reference to [[CHRIST|C<small>HRIST</small>]]. it occurs twice more in Revelation ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/21.6?lang=eng#5 21:6] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/22.13?lang=eng#12 22:13]). The phrase "the beginning and the end" (also found in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/eccl/3.11?lang=eng#10 Ecclesiastes 3:11], but not as a reference to deity) may also be connected with the merism "first and last" in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/41.4?lang=eng#3 Isaiah 41:4]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/44.6?lang=eng#5 44:6]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/48.12?lang=eng#11 48:12]. According to the Jewish folklorist Dov Noy, "the expression 'from ''alef'' to <i>tav</i>' (Shab. 55a and Av. Zar. 4a) corresponding to that of 'Alpha and Omega' ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/1.8?lang=eng#7 Rev. 1:8] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/22.13?lang=eng#12 22:13]) denotes complete integration,"<ref>Dov Noy, "Alef in Aggadah and Folklore," ''Encyclopedia Judaica'' (Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Judaica, 1996), 2:555.</ref> or, better said, a merism. | '''A<small>LPHA</small>''' appears in the phrase "<b>A<small>LPHA</small></b> and [[OMEGA|O<small>MEGA</small>]]" with reference to the risen Lord in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/9/18#18 3 Nephi 9:18]. It appears to be based on the same phrase that occurs in the KJV rendering of Rev. in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/1.8?lang=eng#7 1:8], where the phrase is "I am the Alpha and Omega [Grk. ''koine "to Alpha kai to O"''], the beginning and the ending," with reference to [[CHRIST|C<small>HRIST</small>]]. it occurs twice more in Revelation ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/21.6?lang=eng#5 21:6] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/22.13?lang=eng#12 22:13]). The phrase "the beginning and the end" (also found in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/eccl/3.11?lang=eng#10 Ecclesiastes 3:11], but not as a reference to deity) may also be connected with the merism "first and last" in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/41.4?lang=eng#3 Isaiah 41:4]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/44.6?lang=eng#5 44:6]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/48.12?lang=eng#11 48:12]. According to the Jewish folklorist Dov Noy, "the expression 'from ''alef'' to <i>tav</i>' (Shab. 55a and Av. Zar. 4a) corresponding to that of 'Alpha and Omega' ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/1.8?lang=eng#7 Rev. 1:8] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/22.13?lang=eng#12 22:13]) denotes complete integration,"<ref>Dov Noy, "Alef in Aggadah and Folklore," ''Encyclopedia Judaica'' (Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Judaica, 1996), 2:555.</ref> or, better said, a merism. | ||
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| Biblical DN (NT) | 1. | Descriptive name for CHRIST (3 Nephi 9:18) |
Etymology
ALPHA appears in the phrase "ALPHA and OMEGA" with reference to the risen Lord in 3 Nephi 9:18. It appears to be based on the same phrase that occurs in the KJV rendering of Rev. in 1:8, where the phrase is "I am the Alpha and Omega [Grk. koine "to Alpha kai to O"], the beginning and the ending," with reference to CHRIST. it occurs twice more in Revelation (21:6 and 22:13). The phrase "the beginning and the end" (also found in Ecclesiastes 3:11, but not as a reference to deity) may also be connected with the merism "first and last" in Isaiah 41:4; 44:6; 48:12. According to the Jewish folklorist Dov Noy, "the expression 'from alef to tav' (Shab. 55a and Av. Zar. 4a) corresponding to that of 'Alpha and Omega' (Rev. 1:8 and 22:13) denotes complete integration,"[1] or, better said, a merism.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐈𐐢𐐙𐐂 (ælfɑː)
Notes
- ↑ Dov Noy, "Alef in Aggadah and Folklore," Encyclopedia Judaica (Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Judaica, 1996), 2:555.
