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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


'''AIATH''' is cited in the Book of Mormon as an ANE place name but is not given in the Book of Mormon as a geographical name.
'''AIATH''' is cited in the Book of Mormon as an ANE place name but is not given in the Book of Mormon as a geographical name in its own right.<ref>[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], ''DBM'', 13, speculates that this is another name for the biblical city Ai. [[Ludwig Koehler|Köhler]]-[[Walter Baumgartner|Baumgartner's]] Lexicon gives the meaning of 'Ai as "heap of stones."</ref>
 
[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], ''DBM'', 13, speculates that this is another name for the biblical city Ai. , and [[Ludwig Koehler|Köhler]]-[[Walter Baumgartner|Baumgartner's]] Lexicon gives the meaning of 'Ai as "heap of stones." 'Ayat='Ayyah by form.


'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''
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'''Notes'''
'''Notes'''
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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Biblical PN]]
[[Category:Names]][[Category:Biblical PN]]

Revision as of 11:44, 11 October 2012

Biblical PN 1. City near the Dead Sea (2 Nephi 20:28)

Etymology

AIATH is cited in the Book of Mormon as an ANE place name but is not given in the Book of Mormon as a geographical name in its own right.[1]

Variants

Deseret Alphabet:

Notes


  1. Reynolds, DBM, 13, speculates that this is another name for the biblical city Ai. Köhler-Baumgartner's Lexicon gives the meaning of 'Ai as "heap of stones."