NEPHIHAH
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| Lehite PN | 1. | Chief judge, 1st c. BC (Alma 4:17, 18, 20; 8:12; 50:37, 39) |
| Lehite GN | 2. | City and land, perhaps named from No. 1, 1st c. BC (Alma 50:14; 51:24, 25, 26; 56:25; 59:5, 7, 8, 9, 11; 62:14, 18 (x3), 26, 30 (x2)) |
| 3. | Plains, ca. 61 BC (Alma 62:18) |
Etymology
Perhaps NEPHI with affixed theophoric YHH (= YAHU) in Elephantine Documents 1:2, and 13:14.[1]
See AMMONIHAH, CUMENIHAH, MATHONIHAH, MORONIHAH, ONIHAH, ORIHAH.
Cf. Book of Mormon NEPHI, LEHINEPHI, AHAH
See also Nephihah Variants
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐
Notes
- โ A. Cowley, Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C. (1923).
