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<pre>NEPHIHAH
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|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
|1.
|Chief judge, 1st c. BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/4.17,%2018,%2020?lang=eng#16 Alma 4:17, 18, 20]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/8.12?lang=eng#11 8:12]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/50.37,%2039?lang=eng#36 50:37, 39])  Variant in P MS ''Nephiah'' at Alma 4:17-18,20, 8:12.
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|'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]'''
|2.
|City and land, perhaps named from No. 1, 1st c. BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/50.14?lang=eng#13 Alma 50:14]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/51.24,%2025,%2026?lang=eng#23 51:24, 25, 26]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/56.25?lang=eng#24 56:25]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/59.5,%207,%208,%209,%2011?lang=eng#4 59:5, 7, 8, 9, 11]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/62.14,%2018,%2026,%2030?lang=eng#13 62:14, 18 (x3), 26, 30 (x2)])
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|3.
|Plains, ca. 61 BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/62.18?lang=eng#17 Alma 62:18])
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|4.
|People of ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/59.5-8?lang=eng#4 Alma 59:5-8])
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Lehite PN & GN 1. Chief judge, 1st c. BC (Alma 4:17; Alma 50:37)
'''Etymology'''
2. City and land, perhaps named from No. 1, 1st c. BC (Alma 50:14; 62:30)
3. Plains, ca. 61 BC (Alma 62:18)


This is one of several suffixed names in the Book of Mormon (see also e.g., Cumeni/Cumenihah, Mathoni/Mathonihah, Moroni/Moronihah). For Nephi, see above. For the  
Perhaps [[NEPHI|N<small>EPHI</small>]] with affixed theophoric יהה YHH (= YAHU) in Elephantine Documents 1:2, and 13:14.<ref>A. Cowley, ''Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C.'' (1923).</ref>  The earliest variant, NEPHIAH, would indeed strongly suggest the affixing of theophoric יה YAH.
suffix -hah see the introduction.


Reynolds, Story of the Book of Mormon, p. 299, based on reading -ihah as the theophoric element and neph as coming from some root meaning “consolation,” translates
See [[AMMONIHAH|A<small>MMONIHAH</small>]], [[CUMENIHAH|C<small>UMENIHAH</small>]], [[MATHONIHAH|M<small>ATHONIHAH</small>]], [[MORONIHAH|M<small>ORONIHAH</small>]], [[ONIHAH|O<small>NIHAH</small>]], [[ORIHAH|O<small>RIHAH</small>]].
“Jehovah’s consolation.


Cf. Book of Mormon Nephi, LehiNephi, Ahah
Cf. Book of Mormon [[NEPHI|N<small>EPHI</small>]], [[LEHI-NEPHI|L<small>EHI-NEPHI</small>]], [[AHAH|A<small>HAH</small>]]
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[[Category:Names]]
See also [[Nephihah Variants]]
 
'''Variants'''
 
[[Nephihah Variants|Nephiah]]
 
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐤𐐀𐐙𐐌𐐐𐐂 (niːfaɪhɑː)
 
'''Notes'''
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Latest revision as of 09:13, 8 October 2023

Lehite PN 1. Chief judge, 1st c. BC (Alma 4:17, 18, 20; 8:12; 50:37, 39) Variant in P MS Nephiah at Alma 4:17-18,20, 8:12.
Lehite GN 2. City and land, perhaps named from No. 1, 1st c. BC (Alma 50:14; 51:24, 25, 26; 56:25; 59:5, 7, 8, 9, 11; 62:14, 18 (x3), 26, 30 (x2))
3. Plains, ca. 61 BC (Alma 62:18)
4. People of (Alma 59:5-8)

Etymology

Perhaps NEPHI with affixed theophoric יהה YHH (= YAHU) in Elephantine Documents 1:2, and 13:14.[1] The earliest variant, NEPHIAH, would indeed strongly suggest the affixing of theophoric יה YAH.

See AMMONIHAH, CUMENIHAH, MATHONIHAH, MORONIHAH, ONIHAH, ORIHAH.

Cf. Book of Mormon NEPHI, LEHI-NEPHI, AHAH

See also Nephihah Variants

Variants

Nephiah

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐤𐐀𐐙𐐌𐐐𐐂 (niːfaɪhɑː)

Notes


  1. A. Cowley, Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C. (1923).
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