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|Land and city, three days south of [[AMMONIHAH]] on the west of the River [[SIDON]] by the borders of the wilderness, ca. 82 BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/8/3#3 Alma 8:3]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/45/18#18 45:18])
|Lehite land ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/8.3,%204,%206?lang=eng#2 Alma 8:3, 4 (x2), 6 (x2)]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/31.6?lang=eng#5 31:6]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/35.13?lang=eng#12 35:13]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/45.18?lang=eng#17 45:18])
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Ariel Crowley appears to have been the first scholar to note that MELEK is most likely the biblical mlk, “king” (The escape of MULEK,” Improvement Era, May 1955, p. 326,
'''Etymology'''
fn. 4; see also Reynolds, Story of the Book of Mormon, p. 298). The name appears in biblical PN’s such as Melech, Melechi, [[MELCHIZEDEK]] (also in Book of Mormon),
Malchiah, Abimelech, Ahimelech, etc. (JAT). The Book of Mormon name may be hypocoristic for mlk-’l or mlk-yh (RFS), though this is odd for a GN (JH).


Cf. Book of Mormon [[AMALEKI]], [[AMALICKIAH]], [[AMLICI]], [[MULEK]], [[AMULEK]], [[MELCHIZEDEK]], [[MULOKI]].
'''M<small>ELEK</small>''', the name of a Lehite land mentioned five times in the Book of Mormon, is most likely derived from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] word מלך ''meleḳ,'' "king."<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']], s.v. ''melech.''</ref>


[[Category:Names]]
Cf. Book of Mormon [[AMALEKI|A<small>MALEKI</small>]], [[AMALICKIAH|A<small>MALICKIAH</small>]], [[AMLICI|A<small>MLICI</small>]], [[MULEK|M<small>ULEK</small>]], [[AMULEK|A<small>MULEK</small>]], [[MELCHIZEDEK|M<small>ELCHIZEDEK</small>]], [[MULOKI|M<small>ULOKI</small>]].
 
'''Variants'''
 
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐣𐐀𐐢𐐇𐐗 (miːlɛk)
 
'''Notes'''
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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite GN]]
 
<div style="text-align: center;"> [[MELCHIZEDEK|<<]] Melek [[MESSIAH|>>]] </div>
 
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Latest revision as of 07:54, 27 September 2023

Lehite GN 1. Lehite land (Alma 8:3, 4 (x2), 6 (x2); 31:6; 35:13; 45:18)

Etymology

MELEK, the name of a Lehite land mentioned five times in the Book of Mormon, is most likely derived from the HEBREW word מלך meleḳ, "king."[1]

Cf. Book of Mormon AMALEKI, AMALICKIAH, AMLICI, MULEK, AMULEK, MELCHIZEDEK, MULOKI.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐣𐐀𐐢𐐇𐐗 (miːlɛk)

Notes

  1. ↑ HALOT, s.v. melech.
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