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|Lehite PN & GN
|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
|1. Son of Lehi I, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 2:5; Alma 43:13)
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|Son of [[LEHI|L<small>EHI</small>]] I, ca. 600 BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/1?lang=eng 1 Nephi 1:Preface]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/2.5,%2010,%2011,%2012,%2018?lang=eng#4 2:5, 10, 11, 12, 18]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/3.28,%2031?lang=eng#27 3:28 (x2), 31]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/4.28?lang=eng#27 4:28]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/7.6,%208?lang=eng#5 7:6, 8]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/8.4,%2017,%2035,%2036?lang=eng#3 8:4, 17, 35, 36]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/9.1?lang=eng#primary 9:1]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/10.16?lang=eng#15 10:16]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/16.20,%2037?lang=eng#19 16:20, 37]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/18.11?lang=eng#10 18:11]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/1.28?lang=eng#27 2 Nephi 1:28]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/4.8,%2013?lang=eng#7 4:8, 13]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/3.7?lang=eng#6 Alma 3:7]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/18.38?lang=eng#37 18:38]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/24.29?lang=eng#28 24:29]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/43.13?lang=eng#12 43:13])
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|'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]'''
|2. Valley near the borders of the Red Sea, named after Lehi’s son, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 2:14; 16:6)
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|Valley near the borders of the [[RED SEA|R<small>ED SEA</small>]], named after [[LEHI|L<small>EHI</small>]]’s son, ca. 600 BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/2.14?lang=eng#13 1 Nephi 2:14]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/16.6?lang=eng#5 16:6])
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|3. City, 2nd c. BC, probably named after Lehi I’s son (Alma 23:12)
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|City, 2nd c. BC, probably named after [[LEHI|L<small>EHI</small>]] I’s son ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/23.12?lang=eng#11 Alma 23:12])
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Confer the biblical PN lemūʾel, Lemuel, Proverbs 31:1, 4. For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. Note the Edomite PN in the text “The Words of Lemuel,  
'''Etymology'''
King of Massa” (LID, 44–45 and ABM, 59).
 
One may compare the Book of Mormon [[Personal Name|PN]] '''L<small>EMUEL</small>''' with biblical Hebrew [[Personal Name|PN]] למואל ''lĕmūʾel'', '''L<small>EMUEL</small>''', [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/prov/31/1,4#1 Proverbs 31:1, 4], composed of ''lĕmô'' plus ''ʾēl'',  meaning "belonging to God,"<ref>[[Martin Noth, Die israelitischen Personennamen im Rahmen der gemeinsemitischen Namengebung. Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament, III, 10. Stuttgart, 1928 /reprint: Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1966.|''IPN'']] 153.</ref> and possibly analogous to the biblical [[Personal Name|PN]] ''lāʾēl'', “belonging to God,” in [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/num/3.24?lang=eng#23 Numbers 3:24].<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''HALOT'']].</ref> Note the Edomite [[Personal Name|PN]] '''L<small>EMUEL</small>''' at Proverbs 31:1, “The Words of '''L<small>EMUEL</small>''', King of Massa" (NAB).<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley, "Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites." John W. Welch, Darrell L. Matthews, and Stephen R. Callister, eds. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. 5. Salt Lake City/Provo: Deseret Book/FARMS, 1988.|''LID'']], 41-42 and [[Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon. 3rd ed. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 6. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, FARMS, 1988.|''ABM'']], 75.</ref>
 
[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]] and [[Janne M. Sjodahl|Sjodahl]] (1:26) give the meaning “Godward” or “God is bright.


Reynolds and Sjodahl (1:26) give the meaning “Godward” or “God is bright.
There are at least three proposed loci for Valley of Lemuel within the northwest Arabic Hijaz (Midian):<ref>S. Kent Brown, “The Hunt for the Valley of Lemuel,” ''JBMS'', 16/1 (2007):65-73, 86-88, online at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/ .</ref>
1. Wadi al-Badʼ (preferred by Hilton & Hilton) -- an oasis located in the vicinity of Jebel al-Lawz (sometimes a candidate for Mt. Horeb), and near some caves and Nabataean ruins.<ref>Lynn M. Hilton and Hope A. Hilton, ''Discovering Lehi: New Evidence of Lehi and Nephi in Arabia'' (Springville: Cedar Fort, 1996), 50-53</ref>


See Book of Mormon [[LEMUELITES]]
2. Wadi Bir Marsha (preferred by Jeff Chadwick).<ref>Jeffrey R. Chadwick, “The Wrong Place for Lehi’s Trail and the Vallley of Lemuel,” ''FARMS Review'', 17/2 (2005):210-214, online at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/msr/ .</ref>
 
3. Wadi Tayyib al-Ism (favored by Wellington & Potter, and Aston), with a perennial stream near al-Maqna.<ref>Richard Wellington and George Potter, “Lehi’s Trail: From the Valley of Lemuel to Nephi’s Harbor,” ''JBMS'', 15/2 (2006):26-43, 113-116, online at https://www.nephiproject.com/Newsletter/ Lehi's%20Trail.pdf , and https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/ .</ref>
 
 
See Book of Mormon [[LEMUELITES|L<small>EMUELITES</small>]]


See also [[Lemuel / Lemual Variants]]
See also [[Lemuel / Lemual Variants]]


[[Category:Names]][[Category:Biblical Names]]
'''Variants'''
 
[[Lemuel / Lemual Variants|lemual]], [[Lemuel / Lemual Variants|Lemul]]
 
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐢𐐇𐐣𐐏𐐆𐐅𐐇𐐢 (lɛmjɪuːɛl)
 
'''Notes'''
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'''Bibliography'''
 
Book of Mormon Central, “Have the Valley of Lemuel and the River Laman Been Found? (1 Nephi 2:6),” ''KnoWhy'' #286, March 13, 2017, online at https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/content/have-the-valley-of-lemuel-and-the-river-laman-been-found .
[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite PN]][[Category:Lehite GN]]
 
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Latest revision as of 13:01, 12 August 2023

Lehite PN 1. Son of LEHI I, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 1:Preface; 2:5, 10, 11, 12, 18; 3:28 (x2), 31; 4:28; 7:6, 8; 8:4, 17, 35, 36; 9:1; 10:16; 16:20, 37; 18:11; 2 Nephi 1:28; 4:8, 13; Alma 3:7; 18:38; 24:29; 43:13)
Lehite GN 2. Valley near the borders of the RED SEA, named after LEHI’s son, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 2:14; 16:6)
3. City, 2nd c. BC, probably named after LEHI I’s son (Alma 23:12)

Etymology

One may compare the Book of Mormon PN LEMUEL with biblical Hebrew PN למואל lĕmūʾel, LEMUEL, Proverbs 31:1, 4, composed of lĕmô plus ʾēl, meaning "belonging to God,"[1] and possibly analogous to the biblical PN lāʾēl, “belonging to God,” in Numbers 3:24.[2] Note the Edomite PN LEMUEL at Proverbs 31:1, “The Words of LEMUEL, King of Massa" (NAB).[3]

Reynolds and Sjodahl (1:26) give the meaning “Godward” or “God is bright.”

There are at least three proposed loci for Valley of Lemuel within the northwest Arabic Hijaz (Midian):[4]

1. Wadi al-Badʼ (preferred by Hilton & Hilton) -- an oasis located in the vicinity of Jebel al-Lawz (sometimes a candidate for Mt. Horeb), and near some caves and Nabataean ruins.[5]

2. Wadi Bir Marsha (preferred by Jeff Chadwick).[6]

3. Wadi Tayyib al-Ism (favored by Wellington & Potter, and Aston), with a perennial stream near al-Maqna.[7]


See Book of Mormon LEMUELITES

See also Lemuel / Lemual Variants

Variants

lemual, Lemul

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐢𐐇𐐣𐐏𐐆𐐅𐐇𐐢 (lɛmjɪuːɛl)

Notes


  1. IPN 153.
  2. HALOT.
  3. LID, 41-42 and ABM, 75.
  4. S. Kent Brown, “The Hunt for the Valley of Lemuel,” JBMS, 16/1 (2007):65-73, 86-88, online at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/ .
  5. Lynn M. Hilton and Hope A. Hilton, Discovering Lehi: New Evidence of Lehi and Nephi in Arabia (Springville: Cedar Fort, 1996), 50-53
  6. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, “The Wrong Place for Lehi’s Trail and the Vallley of Lemuel,” FARMS Review, 17/2 (2005):210-214, online at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/msr/ .
  7. Richard Wellington and George Potter, “Lehi’s Trail: From the Valley of Lemuel to Nephi’s Harbor,” JBMS, 15/2 (2006):26-43, 113-116, online at https://www.nephiproject.com/Newsletter/ Lehi's%20Trail.pdf , and https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/ .

Bibliography

Book of Mormon Central, “Have the Valley of Lemuel and the River Laman Been Found? (1 Nephi 2:6),” KnoWhy #286, March 13, 2017, online at https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/content/have-the-valley-of-lemuel-and-the-river-laman-been-found .

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