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Cf. Book of Mormon Onti, AniAnti, Antiomno, Antion, Antionah, Antionum, Antiparah, Antipas, Antipus, AntiNephiLehi, Seantum, Moriantum, Coriantum, and especially
Cf. Book of Mormon Onti, AniAnti, Antiomno, Antion, Antionah, Antionum, Antiparah, Antipas, Antipus, AntiNephiLehi, Seantum, Moriantum, Coriantum, and especially
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ANTUM

Nephite (?) GN	Land north of Desolation, where the hill Shim is located, ca. 321 AD (Mormon 1:3)

Because Antum is north of the narrow neck of land, it may be Jaredite or an indigenous GN. An Egyptian etymology is also possible, *`n.tm(w), “many waters, 10,000 
waters” (RFS). 

Notes
Unlikely is Akkadian antum, female divinity and consort of Anum. The ending -um is a nominative singular case ending and would not have been borrowed into biblical 
Hebrew. The best known example of Hebrew borrowing from Akkadian, ekallum (itself a borrowing from Sumerian é.gal) > hkl, “temple, palace,” appears in Hebrew 
without the case ending. 

See also the king of Ashdod during Sennacherib’s Third Campaign, Mi-ti-in-ti (Col II, line 54).

Cf. Book of Mormon Onti, AniAnti, Antiomno, Antion, Antionah, Antionum, Antiparah, Antipas, Antipus, AntiNephiLehi, Seantum, Moriantum, Coriantum, and especially
Irreantum