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'''Variants'''
'''Variants'''


'''Deseret Alphabet:'''
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐒𐐁𐐣𐐂


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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite PN]]
[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite PN]]

Revision as of 11:16, 5 June 2013

Lehite PN 1. General, 4th c. AD (Mormon 6:14)

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Etymology

The need for the *critical text here is clear, because the RLDS edition has Lama.

This Book of Mormon PN could easily be derived from the biblical PN Lamech (JH, JAT). Unlikely is a PN from the Hebrew interrogative lmh, β€œwhy.” Also possible would be an etymology based on the root lmh (<*lmy). E.g., Nibley notes the ESA PN lmy, but also notes that this name may be actually lmn, LAMAN (ABM, 239). Most Hebrew final β€œheh” roots are actually final β€œyod,” as demonstrated by both comparative Semitics, but also evident when in the qal perfect 2. and 1. the β€œyod” reappears.

Most unlikely (JAT) is a derivation from Akkadian lamassu, β€œtutelary god” (RFS).

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐒𐐁𐐣𐐂

Notes