LEAH
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| Lehite noun | 1. | Unit of NEPHITE currency (Alma 11:17) |
Etymology
The term LEAH refers to the smallest unit of NEPHITE monetary measure. The word may derive from the Hebrew root *lʼh "to be weak, weary," though its opposite meaning, "to be strong, capable," is also given.[1]
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐢𐐀𐐂 (liɑ)
Notes
- ↑ HALOT, 2:512-13; the eminent German Semitist Theodor Nöldeke has written an extensive study on roots having opposite meanings in the Semitic languages, "Wurzeln mit Gegensinn (addad)," in Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (Strassburg: Karl Trübner, 1910/reprint: Amsterdam: APA-Philo Press, 1982), 67-108.
