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3 February 2011

• 00:3000:30, 3 February 2011 diff hist +1,326‎ N TEANCUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>TEANCUM Lehite PN & GN 1. Soldier, ca. 67 BC (Alma 50:35; 62:37) 2. City, 4th c. AD (Mormon 4:3, 6–7, 14) No etymology is suggested. Perhaps tʾnq, tʾnk, tʾng, tʿ..."
• 00:2900:29, 3 February 2011 diff hist +122‎ N TARSHISH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*TARSHISH Biblical GN A port city (2 Nephi 12:16) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 00:2800:28, 3 February 2011 diff hist +134‎ N TABEAL ‎ Created page with "<pre>*TABEAL Biblical PN Father of an intended king (2 Nephi 17:6) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 00:2800:28, 3 February 2011 diff hist +155‎ N SYRIANS ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SYRIANS Biblical gentilic The people of Syria (2 Nephi 19:12) Gentilic of syria For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 00:2700:27, 3 February 2011 diff hist +164‎ N SYRIA ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SYRIA Biblical GN The country north and northeast of Palestine (2 Nephi 17:1, 2, 4–5, 8) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 00:2600:26, 3 February 2011 diff hist +156‎ N SOLOMON ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SOLOMON Biblical PN King of Israel after King David (2 Nephi 5:16; 3 Nephi 13:29) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 00:2500:25, 3 February 2011 diff hist +144‎ N SODOM ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SODOM Biblical GN Wicked city that was destroyed (2 Nephi 13:9; 23:19) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 00:2500:25, 3 February 2011 diff hist +1,174‎ N SIRON ‎ Created page with "<pre>SIRON Lehite GN Land, ca. 73 BC (Alma 39:3) This GN is surprisingly close to the Phoenician name for Mount Hermon, namely, śiryon (Deuteronomy 3:9 and Psalms 29:6), Sir..."
• 00:2300:23, 3 February 2011 diff hist +125‎ N SINIM ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SINIM Biblical GN A distant country (1 Nephi 21:12) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 00:2300:23, 3 February 2011 diff hist +144‎ N SINAI ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SINAI Biblical GN Mountain where God visited Moses (Mosiah 12:33; 13:5) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 00:2200:22, 3 February 2011 diff hist +642‎ N SIDON ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡SIDON Lehite GN River, ca. 87 BC (Alma 2:15; Mormon 1:10) Since this river passed through Zarahemla, and Zarahemla was first settled by Mulekites, it is likely that t..."
• 00:2100:21, 3 February 2011 diff hist +892‎ N SIDOM ‎ Created page with "<pre>SIDOM Lehite GN Land (and city?), 2nd c. BC (Alma 15:1; 15:17) (place or river?—see Alma 2:17 PMS & 1830 & cf. 1:15) The most plausible suggestion for this GN is a mi..."
• 00:2000:20, 3 February 2011 diff hist +634‎ N SHURR ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHURR Jaredite GN Valley (Ether 14:28) No etymology is suggested. If ancient Near Eastern known languages can be appealed to for Jaredite etymologies, then perhaps the b..."
• 00:1900:19, 3 February 2011 diff hist +729‎ N SHUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHUM Lehite noun Measure for Gold weight, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:5, 9) The most obvious possibility is Hebrew šūm (Akkadian šūmu, Sumerian s u m, Arabic tūm, Aramaic t..."
• 00:1800:18, 3 February 2011 diff hist +163‎ SHULE ‎No edit summary
• 00:1700:17, 3 February 2011 diff hist +88‎ N SHULE ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHULE Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:30–31; 7:27) No etymology is suggested. </pre>"
• 00:1600:16, 3 February 2011 diff hist +111‎ N SHIZ ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHIZ Jaredite PN Rebel (Ether 14:17; 15:31) No etymology is suggested. Cf. Book of Mormon Shez </pre>"
• 00:1500:15, 3 February 2011 diff hist +283‎ N SHINAR ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SHINAR Biblical GN Place of Judah’s captivity (2 Nephi 21:11) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. See also Reynolds, Dictionary of the Book of Mo..."
• 00:1500:15, 3 February 2011 diff hist +573‎ N SHIMNILOM ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHIMNILOM Lehite GN City, 1st c. BC (Alma 23:12) No etymology is suggested. Perhaps the name could be divided into šmn and ilom, in which case, the former may be “oi..."
• 00:1400:14, 3 February 2011 diff hist +2,140‎ N SHIM ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHIM Jaredite GN 1. Hill (Ether 9:3). Since this is in the record given by Nephi, it is likely that he gives the Nephite, rather than the Jaredite, name of the hill, hence..."
• 00:1100:11, 3 February 2011 diff hist +949‎ N SHILOM ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHILOM Lehite GN City and land, near the city of Nephi, ca. 121 BC (Mosiah 7:5; Alma 23:12) The most obvious derivation is from the root šlm, “to be complete,” from..."
• 00:0900:09, 3 February 2011 diff hist +116‎ N SHILOAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SHILOAH Biblical GN A spring (2 Nephi 18:6) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 00:0800:08, 3 February 2011 diff hist +232‎ N SHIBLUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHIBLUM Lehite noun Silver currency, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:16–17) See also Shiblom and Shiblon. The derivation from the root of biblical Shibbolet, “ear of grain,” wo..."
• 00:0700:07, 3 February 2011 diff hist +1,529‎ N SHIBLON ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHIBLON, SHIBLON(S) Jaredite PN 1. King (Ether 1:11–12; called Shiblom in Ether 11:4–5, 7, 9?) Lehite PN & noun 2. Son of Alma No. 2, ca. 82 BC (Alma 31:7; 63:17) ..."
• 00:0600:06, 3 February 2011 diff hist +949‎ N SHIBLOM ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHIBLOM Jaredite PN 1. Jaredite king and son of Com (Ether 11:4–5, 7–9) Lehite PN 2. General, 4th c. AD (Mormon 6:14) This is one of many Jaredite names that see..."
• 00:0400:04, 3 February 2011 diff hist +152‎ N SHEZ ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHEZ Jaredite PN 1. King (Ether 1:24; 10:4) 2. Prince, son of No. 1 (Ether 10:3) No etymology is suggested. Cf. Book of Mormon Shiz </pre>"
• 00:0300:03, 3 February 2011 diff hist +5,991‎ N SHEUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHEUM Lehite noun Plantfood, ca. 200 BC (Mosiah 9:9) The fact that the Prophet Joseph Smith did not translate this name but rather transliterated it, means that he did n..."
• 00:0000:00, 3 February 2011 diff hist +637‎ N SHERRIZAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHERRIZAH Lehite GN City and tower, early 5th c. AD (Moroni 9:7, 16–17) It is possible that this GN derives from Hebrew šrs͂, “to swarm, teem” in a Qal verbal n..."

2 February 2011

• 23:5923:59, 2 February 2011 diff hist +4,078‎ N SHEREM ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHEREM Lehite PN Apostate, late 6th or early 5th c. BC (Jacob 7:1, 7) This PN looks like a segholate from the root šrm, but the root does not exist in Hebrew (JH). It i..."
• 23:5623:56, 2 February 2011 diff hist +356‎ N SHEMNON ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHEMNON Lehite PN Apostle, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 19:4) Perhaps Hebrew *šemnōn from Hebrew šemen, “oil” (JAT), with the ending ōn, for example, as on the PN Gideon. ..."
• 23:5523:55, 2 February 2011 diff hist +2,004‎ N SHEMLON ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHEMLON Lehite GN Land, ca. 178 BC (Mosiah 10:7; Alma 23:12) As has been pointed out (JH), the ending -ōn is a good form for a GN. Unfortunately, no Semitic root šml e..."
• 23:5423:54, 2 February 2011 diff hist +280‎ N SHEM ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡SHEM Lehite GN & PN 1. City and land, 4th c. AD (Mormon 2:20–21) 2. General, 4th c. AD (Mormon 6:14) This name also appears in the Bible; for the etymology see th..."
• 23:5323:53, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,748‎ N SHELEM ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHELEM Jaredite GN Mountain in Old World, “which they called” Shelem “because of its exceeding height” (Ether 3:1) No etymology is suggested. If Semitic language..."
• 23:5123:51, 2 February 2011 diff hist +127‎ N SHEARJASHUB ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SHEARJASHUB Biblical PN Son of Isaiah (2 Nephi 17:3) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 23:5023:50, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,234‎ N SHAZER ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHAZER Lehite GN One of Lehi’s camps in Arabia, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 16:13–14) Hebrew *shazer, “to spin, to twist” (Sperry, Book of Mormon Testifies, p. 59) seems..."
• 23:4923:49, 2 February 2011 diff hist +393‎ N SHARED ‎ Created page with "<pre>SHARED Jaredite PN Rebel leader (Ether 13:23; Ether 14:8) No etymology is suggested. If Semitic languages can be appealed to for derivations of Jaredite names, Ugaritic ..."
• 23:4823:48, 2 February 2011 diff hist +320‎ N SETH ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡SETH Jaredite PN Son of Shiblom, prince (Ether 1:10–11; 11:9) This name also appears in the biblical onomasticon. See the standard biblical commentaries for the ety..."
• 23:4723:47, 2 February 2011 diff hist +129‎ N SERAPHIM ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SERAPHIM Biblical noun Angelic beings (2 Nephi 16:2, 6) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 23:4723:47, 2 February 2011 diff hist +256‎ N SEON ‎ Created page with "<pre>SEON Lehite noun Gold currency, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:5, 8–9) Possibly this noun could derive from the biblical seʾāh, a measure of grain (RFS; and Reynolds, Commentary..."
• 23:4623:46, 2 February 2011 diff hist +193‎ N SENUM(S) ‎ Created page with "<pre>SENUM(S) Lehite noun Silver currency, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:3, 6–7, 11–12, 15) Perhaps Arabic snm, “to ascend” (RFS) should be considered. Cf. Book of Mormon Seni..."
• 23:4623:46, 2 February 2011 diff hist +673‎ N SENINE ‎ Created page with "<pre>SENINE Lehite noun Gold currency, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:3; 3 Nephi 12:26) No etymology is suggested. A Hebrew root such as snn or śnn would be ideal. ṣll, “to lift ..."
• 23:4423:44, 2 February 2011 diff hist +718‎ N SEEZORAM ‎ Created page with "<pre>SEEZORAM Lehite PN Member of Gadianton band, elected chief judge ca. 26 BC (Helaman 9:23, 26–27) This name seems to consist of two elements, see and zoram. The latter ..."
• 23:4423:44, 2 February 2011 diff hist +196‎ N SEBUS ‎ Created page with "<pre>SEBUS Lehite GN Waters in land of Ishmael, ca. 90 BC (Alma 17:26; 19:21) Perhaps biblical sbāʾ or š/ś/sbʿ or more likely a b between two sibilants. Cf. Biblical ..."
• 23:4323:43, 2 February 2011 diff hist +55‎ SEANTUM ‎No edit summary
• 23:4223:42, 2 February 2011 diff hist +520‎ N SEANTUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>SEANTUM Lehite PN Member of Gadianton band, brother of Chief Judge Seezoram; ca. 23 BC both were murdered (Helaman 9:26) The element antum occurs in several Book of Morm..."
• 23:4123:41, 2 February 2011 diff hist +127‎ N SAUL ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SAUL Biblical PN First king of Israel (2 Nephi 20:29) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 23:4023:40, 2 February 2011 diff hist +152‎ N SATAN ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SATAN Biblical PN The great deceiver of mankind (1 Nephi 13:29; Moroni 9:3) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 23:3923:39, 2 February 2011 diff hist +2,236‎ N SARIAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>SARIAH Lehite PN Wife of Lehi No. 1, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 2:5; 8:14) The feminine personal name Sariah is attested, albeit in a partial restoration, in the Aramaic papy..."
• 23:3723:37, 2 February 2011 diff hist +121‎ N SARAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*SARAH Biblical PN Wife of Abraham (2 Nephi 8:2) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 23:3623:36, 2 February 2011 diff hist +260‎ N SAMUEL ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡SAMUEL Biblical PN 1. Prophet (3 Nephi 20:24) Lehite PN 2. Prophet, perhaps named from No. 1, who, being an Ephraimite, was also a descendant of Joseph (Helaman 13..."