CARCHEMISH

Biblical GN

1.

An ancient Near Eastern city (an ancient city of the Mittani, Hittite, and Neo-Assyrian empires, the modern site of which is likely located on the Euphrates in Turkey, near the SYRIAN border) (2 Nephi 20:9 = Isaiah 10:9)

Etymology

CARCHEMISH is the name of a city mentioned in the ISAIAH section of the Book of Mormon but is not mentioned as a separate PN or GN in the Book of Mormon.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐗𐐂𐐡𐐟𐐀𐐣𐐆𐐟 (kɑːrʃiːmɪʃ)

Notes

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