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|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
|Scribe, 4th c. BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/jarom/1.15?lang=eng#14 Jarom 1:15], [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/omni/1.1?lang=eng#primary Omni 1:1])
|[[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small> historian and scribe ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/jarom/1.15?lang=eng#14 Jarom 1:15], [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/omni/1.1?lang=eng#primary Omni 1:1])
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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


The form of '''OMNI''' resembles the Zimri/Omri pattern. The root could be either ''ʿmn'' or ''ʾmn''. The latter means “to confirm, support” with secondary meanings of “be true/faithful.
'''OMNI''' is a Lehite name, possibly deriving from the Hebrew root ''ʾmn'', meaning "to be true, faithful" as well as "to confirm, support," may be linked to the segholate form ''ʾomen'', "faithfulness, trust." The name could be a hypocoristic form of ''ʾomniyyahu'', "faithfulness of the Lord," with ''hireq compaginis'', or, alternatively, "[in the Lord] is my trust," [JH] or the substantive ''ʾomen'' with a first common singular pronominal suffix, thus ''ʾomni'', "my faithfulness, trust." the form for O<small>MNI</small> may follow the Omri/Zimri pattern.
” <ref>This is the root of the common English liturgical word “amen.”</ref> Note that the segholate form ''ʾomen'' occurs in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/isa/25/1#1 Isaiah 25:1] (RFS), which with the 1c.s. possessive pronoun would become ''*ʾomnī'', “my truth” (with the KJV rendering of the  
word) or “[DN is] my faithfulness” (JH). The form could also be a hypocoristicon, “[DN is] faithfulness” (JH). Note also a possible feminine form, ''ʾomenet'', “nanny, nurse,” in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_sam/4/4#4 2 Samuel 4:4] (RFS).
 
See also ''ʾāmmān'', “artisan” ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/song/7/2#2 The Song of Solomon 7:2]) (RFS) and probably in the same sense ''ʾomnōt'', “handiwork” ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_kgs/18/19#19 2 Kings 18:19]) (RFS).


Cf. Book of Mormon [[OMNER|O<small>MNER</small>]], [[AMMON|A<small>MMON</small>]], [[AMNIHU|A<small>MNIHU</small>]], [[ANTIOMNO|A<small>NTIOMNO</small>]], et al.
Cf. Book of Mormon [[OMNER|O<small>MNER</small>]], [[AMMON|A<small>MMON</small>]], [[AMNIHU|A<small>MNIHU</small>]], [[ANTIOMNO|A<small>NTIOMNO</small>]], et al.

Revision as of 13:08, 26 September 2012

Lehite PN [[NEPHITE(S)|NEPHITE historian and scribe (Jarom 1:15, Omni 1:1)

Etymology

OMNI is a Lehite name, possibly deriving from the Hebrew root ʾmn, meaning "to be true, faithful" as well as "to confirm, support," may be linked to the segholate form ʾomen, "faithfulness, trust." The name could be a hypocoristic form of ʾomniyyahu, "faithfulness of the Lord," with hireq compaginis, or, alternatively, "[in the Lord] is my trust," [JH] or the substantive ʾomen with a first common singular pronominal suffix, thus ʾomni, "my faithfulness, trust." the form for OMNI may follow the Omri/Zimri pattern.

Cf. Book of Mormon OMNER, AMMON, AMNIHU, ANTIOMNO, et al.

Variants

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Notes

RFS
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