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|Lehite land ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/8.3,%204,%206?lang=eng#2 Alma 8:3, 4, 6]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/31.6?lang=eng#5 31:6]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/45.18?lang=eng#17 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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'''MELEK''' is the name of a Lehite land mentioned five times in the Book of Mormon. M<small>ELEK</small> is most likely dreived from the Hebrew ''meleḳ''.
'''Etymology'''
 
'''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>


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>]].
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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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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