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|'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]'''
|'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]'''
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|City and land, 4th c. AD ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/morm/2/20-21#20 Mormon 2:20–21])
|Name of a [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] military leader slain in the final battles with the [[LAMANITE(S)|L<small>AMANITES</small>]] ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/morm/6/14#14 Mormon 6:14]).
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|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
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|General, 4th c. AD ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/morm/6/14#14 Mormon 6:14])
|Name of a [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] city and land to which the people of [[NEPHI|N<small>EPHI</small>]] under [[MORMON|M<small>ORMON</small>]] were driven ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/morm/2/20-21#20 Mormon 2:20–21]).
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This name also appears in the Bible; for the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.
'''SHEM''', a [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] PN and GN, may derive from hebrew ''shem'', "name" (cf. ''HALOT'' 1994, 4:1548-51, and note the biblical PN S<small>HEM</small>, the son of [[NOAH|N<small>OAH</small>]]).




Cf. Book of Mormon [[SHIM|S<small>HIM</small>]], [[SHUM|S<small>HUM</small>]], [[SHEMLON|S<small>HEMLON</small>]], [[SHEMNON|S<small>HEMNON</small>]], [[SHIMNILOM|S<small>HIMNILOM</small>]]
See [[SHIM|S<small>HIM</small>]], [[SHUM|S<small>HUM</small>]], [[SHEMLON|S<small>HEMLON</small>]], [[SHEMNON|S<small>HEMNON</small>]], [[SHIMNILOM|S<small>HIMNILOM</small>]]


See also [[Shem Variants]]
See also [[Shem Variants]]


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

Revision as of 14:28, 7 May 2012

Lehite GN 1. Name of a NEPHITE military leader slain in the final battles with the LAMANITES (Mormon 6:14).
Lehite PN 2. Name of a NEPHITE city and land to which the people of NEPHI under MORMON were driven (Mormon 2:20–21).

SHEM, a NEPHITE PN and GN, may derive from hebrew shem, "name" (cf. HALOT 1994, 4:1548-51, and note the biblical PN SHEM, the son of NOAH).


See SHIM, SHUM, SHEMLON, SHEMNON, SHIMNILOM

See also Shem Variants