MOSIAH

Lehite PN	1.	NEPHITE prophet/king, father of BENJAMIN(Omni 1:12, 14, 15, 16, 17 (x3), 18 (x2), 19 (x2), 20, 23)
	2.	NEPHITE prophet/king, son of BENJAMIN, grandson of No. 1 (Mosiah 1:2, 10 (x2), 18; 2:1, 30, 32; 6:3, 4, 6, 7; 7:1, 2; 21:28; 22:14; 24:25; 25:1, 5, 7, 14, 19; 26:5, 8, 12; 27:1 (x2), 2, 8, 10, 34 (x2), 35; 28:1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17, 18, 20; 29:1, 3, 4, 33, 37, 40, 46; Alma 1:1, 14; 10:19; 11:1, 4; 17:Preface, 1, 2, 6, 12, 16, 35; 19:23 (x2); 36:6; 48:18 (x2); Helaman 4:21, 22; 3 Nephi 2:5; Ether 4:1)

Etymology

The name MOSIAH may derive from the Hebrew for môšīʿyāhū, "the Lord delivers, saves." The name can be parsed as the hiphil participle of the Hebrew root YŠʿ, "to save, deliver," with the theophoric element yāhū, "Jehovah, Lord." ISAIAH, y^əšaʿyāhū, "the Lord is deliverance, salvation," presents a compelling analogue. The hiphil participle form—môšīʿa—occurs at least 17 times with verbal or nominal force in the Old Testament; cf., e.g., the participle without suffix, môšīʿa "deliverer," Judges 3:9; and the participle with pronominal suffixes: Judges 3:15; 2 Samuel 22:42; Isaiah 49:26; Jeremiah 14:18; Psalm 7:11; 17:7; 18:42; 106:21.

Alternatively, MOSIAH may derive from the Hebrew MŠḤ, "messiah," though this does not produce the o vowel of the first syllable (RFS, JAT, JH).

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐣𐐄𐐝𐐌𐐂, 𐐣𐐃𐐝𐐌𐐂

Notes

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Bibliography

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• John Sawyer “What Was a Mosia?” Provo, UT: FARMS, 1965.