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|King of [[LEHINEPHI|L<small>EHI-NEPHI</small>]], ca. 200 BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/mosiah/7/9#9 Mosiah 7:9]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/mosiah/25/5#5 25:5]) | |King of [[LEHINEPHI|L<small>EHI-NEPHI</small>]], ca. 200 BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/mosiah/7/9#9 Mosiah 7:9]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/mosiah/25/5#5 25:5]) | ||
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'''Etymology''' | |||
“'''ZENIFF''' certainly suggests the name Zainab and its variants, popular among the desert people, of which the feminine form of Zenobia was born by [a famous Arab queen]” | “'''ZENIFF''' certainly suggests the name Zainab and its variants, popular among the desert people, of which the feminine form of Zenobia was born by [a famous Arab queen]” | ||
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See also [[Zeniff Variants]] | See also [[Zeniff Variants]] | ||
'''Variants''' | |||
[[Zeniff Variants|Zenith]] | |||
'''Deseret Alphabet:''' | |||
'''Notes''' | |||
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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite PN]] | [[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite PN]] | ||
Revision as of 13:30, 11 June 2012
| Lehite PN | 1. | King of LEHI-NEPHI, ca. 200 BC (Mosiah 7:9; 25:5) |
Etymology
“ZENIFF certainly suggests the name Zainab and its variants, popular among the desert people, of which the feminine form of Zenobia was born by [a famous Arab queen]” (HWN in ABM 234).
Cf. snb (znb), “very common elements in Egyptian proper names, cf. Senepta” (snp-t3) (HWN in LID 30).
Cf. zinapa, the cuneiform rendering of an EGYPTIAN name (HWN in SC 194).
Cf. Book of Mormon ZENEPHI, et al.
ZENIFF. “Zinapa” = “cuneiform rendering of an EGYPTIAN name.” Nibley, Since Cumorah, p. 194.
Arabic, corruption of Zainab. Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon, p. 234 and 340.
z-n-b, s-n-b = “common elements of EGYPTIAN proper names.” Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, p. 30.
See also Zeniff Variants
Variants
Deseret Alphabet:
Notes
