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|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
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|Soldier, 4th c. AD ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moro/9/2#2 Moroni 9:2])
|[[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] warrior ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moro/9/2#2 Moroni 9:2])
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'''Etymology'''


'''Etymology'''
Possibly derived from Hebrew ''ʹāmar'' "to speak."<ref>J. Tvedtnes, "Hebrew Names in the Book of Mormon," 3.</ref>(JAT) If so, it may be a short-form (hypocoristicon) with the common Semitic ending on PNs and GNs ''-ōn'' for "Word (of God); (God) has spoken, commanded" (PYH). Cf. biblical Hebrew ''ʹimrô'' "his command" ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/job/20.29?lang=eng#28 Job 20:29]), and possibly forming the Hebrew PNs Omri and Imri ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/1-chr/9.4?lang=eng#3 1 Chronicles 9:4]) (JH).


This PN may be a hypocoristicon of the Semitic vocabel ''אmr'', “to speak,” and means “Word (of DN)” or “(DN) has spoken/promised/commanded.” See the biblical
Also possibly from gentilic Hebrew ''ʹēmôrî'' "Amorite" ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/10.16?lang=eng#15 Genesis 10:16]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ezek/16.3,%2045?lang=eng#2 Ezekiel 16:3, 45]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/amos/2.9,%2010?lang=eng#8 Amos 2:9, 10]).
Hebrew PN ''‘mrō'', “his command,” in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/job/20/29#29 Job 20:29] ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]) and possibly from the same root* Imri and Omri, both mentioned in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_chr/9/4#4 1 Chronicles 9:4] ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]).


Cf. Book of Mormon [[EMER|E<small>MER</small>]], [[OMER|O<small>MER</small>]], [[MORON|M<small>ORON</small>]], [[AMORON|A<small>MORON</small>]], et al.  
See [[EMER|E<small>MER</small>]], [[AMORON|A<small>MORON</small>]], [[AMMORON|A<small>MMORON</small>]], [[COMRON|C<small>OMRON</small>]], [[MORON|M<small>ORON</small>]], [[OMER|O<small>MER</small>]].


See also [[Emron/Emer Variant]]
See also [[Emron/Emer Variant]]

Revision as of 10:03, 27 June 2012

Lehite PN 1. NEPHITE warrior (Moroni 9:2)

Etymology

Possibly derived from Hebrew ʹāmar "to speak."[1](JAT) If so, it may be a short-form (hypocoristicon) with the common Semitic ending on PNs and GNs -ōn for "Word (of God); (God) has spoken, commanded" (PYH). Cf. biblical Hebrew ʹimrô "his command" (Job 20:29), and possibly forming the Hebrew PNs Omri and Imri (1 Chronicles 9:4) (JH).

Also possibly from gentilic Hebrew ʹēmôrî "Amorite" (Genesis 10:16; Ezekiel 16:3, 45; Amos 2:9, 10).

See EMER, AMORON, AMMORON, COMRON, MORON, OMER.

See also Emron/Emer Variant

Variants

Emer

Deseret Alphabet:

Notes

  1. ↑ J. Tvedtnes, "Hebrew Names in the Book of Mormon," 3.
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