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Possibly this noun could derive from the biblical ''seʾāh'', a measure of grain (RFS; and Reynolds, ''Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', 4:282). | Possibly this noun could derive from the biblical ''seʾāh'', a measure of grain (RFS; and Reynolds, ''Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', 4:282). | ||
Alternatively, this noun might derive from Late | Alternatively, this noun might derive from Late [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''sniw'' (JG) a unit of currency which during the New Kingdom in [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPT</small>]] was worth about 5 deben (Janssen, ''Commodity Prices from the Ramessid Period'', 102-8). | ||
Cf. Book of Mormon [[SENINE]], [[SENUM(S)]] | Cf. Book of Mormon [[SENINE|S<small>ENINE</small>]], [[SENUM(S)|S<small>ENUM(S)</small>]] | ||
See also [[Seon / sean Variants]] | See also [[Seon / sean Variants]] | ||
[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite noun]] | [[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite noun]] | ||
Revision as of 09:07, 3 February 2012
| Lehite noun | 1. | Gold currency, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:5, 8–9) |
Possibly this noun could derive from the biblical seʾāh, a measure of grain (RFS; and Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, 4:282).
Alternatively, this noun might derive from Late EGYPTIAN sniw (JG) a unit of currency which during the New Kingdom in EGYPT was worth about 5 deben (Janssen, Commodity Prices from the Ramessid Period, 102-8).
Cf. Book of Mormon SENINE, SENUM(S)
See also Seon / sean Variants
