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2 February 2011

• 22:5122:51, 2 February 2011 diff hist +544‎ N NIMRAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡NIMRAH Jaredite PN Prince (Ether 9:8–9) No etymology is suggested. If biblical names may be appealed to, see Nimrah (nimrāh) in Numbers 32:3 (JAT). See also bibli..."
• 22:5022:50, 2 February 2011 diff hist +908‎ N NEUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>†NEUM Brass Plates PN Old World prophet quoted by Nephi I (1 Nephi 19:10) The biblical Hebrew ne’um means “voice (inspired or visionary), utterance, revelation, wo..."
• 22:4922:49, 2 February 2011 diff hist +152‎ N NEPHITE(S) ‎ Created page with "<pre>NEPHITE(S) Lehite gentilic Descendant(s) of Nephi No. 1 and his followers, from 6th c. BC (2 Nephi 29:12; Moroni 1:2) Gentilic of nephi </pre>"
• 22:4822:48, 2 February 2011 diff hist +652‎ N NEPHIHAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>NEPHIHAH Lehite PN & GN 1. Chief judge, 1st c. BC (Alma 4:17; Alma 50:37) 2. City and land, perhaps named from No. 1, 1st c. BC (Alma 50:14; 62:30) 3. Plains, c..."
• 22:4622:46, 2 February 2011 diff hist +4,226‎ N NEPHI ‎ Created page with "<pre>NEPHI Lehite PN & GN 1. Son of Lehi No.1, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 1:1; Ether 8:21) 2. Son of Helaman No.3; chief judge, prophet, ca. 39–30 BC; translated ca. 6..."
• 22:4422:44, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,096‎ N NEHOR ‎ Created page with "<pre>NEHOR Jaredite GN 1. City and land (Ether 7: 4, 9) Lehite PN 2. Apostate, executed ca. 91 B.C. (Alma 1: 15; 6: 7) 3. Apostate group named from No. 2, termed “order..."
• 22:4322:43, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,198‎ N NEAS ‎ Created page with "<pre>NEAS Lehite noun A cultivated plant (Mosiah 9: 9) No etymology is suggested. A semitic root such as nās/ṣ/š/ś/z, na ’s/ṣ/š/ś/z or na ‘s/ṣ/š/ś/z would be ..."
• 22:4222:42, 2 February 2011 diff hist +132‎ N NAZARETH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*NAZARETH Biblical GN (NT) Early home of JESUS (1 Nephi 11: 13) For etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:4022:40, 2 February 2011 diff hist +125‎ N NAPHTALI ‎ Created page with "<pre>*NAPHTALI Biblical PN Fifth son of JACOB (2 Nephi 19: 1) For etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:3922:39, 2 February 2011 diff hist +3,090‎ N NAHOM ‎ Created page with "<pre>NAHOM Lehite GN Old World burial place of ISHMAEL, probably in Arabia (1 Nephi 16: 34) Surprisingly, evidence for Nahom as a Book of Mormon name is based primarily on his..."
• 22:3522:35, 2 February 2011 diff hist +281‎ N MORIANTUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>MORIANTUM Lehite GN Land, 4th c. AD (Moroni 9:9) No etymology is suggested. The name is similar enough to known Jaredite names to suggest that this GN is also of Jaredite..."
• 22:3522:35, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,212‎ N MORIANCUMER ‎ Created page with "<pre>MORIANCUMER Jaredite GN Old world place on seashore (Ether 2:13). This name is also a PN according to a statement by Joseph Smith. See George Reynolds..."
• 22:3222:32, 2 February 2011 diff hist +10‎ Name Index ‎No edit summary
• 22:3222:32, 2 February 2011 diff hist +323‎ N MOCUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>MOCUM Lehite GN City which sank into the sea, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 9:7) Cf. Hebrew maqōm, “place, station, town, village” = Arabic maqām, also known from Syriac, Ethi..."
• 22:3122:31, 2 February 2011 diff hist +132‎ N MOAB ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MOAB Biblical GN Land east of the Dead Sea (2 Nephi 21:14) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:2922:29, 2 February 2011 diff hist +148‎ N MIGRON ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MIGRON Biblical GN Unknown locale disturbed by Sennacherib (2 Nephi 20:28) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:2722:27, 2 February 2011 diff hist +182‎ N MIDIAN ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡MIDIAN Biblical PN & GN 1. Descendants of MIDIAN (2 Nephi 20:26) Lehite GN 2. Land, ca. 90 BC (Alma 24:5) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </..."
• 22:2622:26, 2 February 2011 diff hist +1,575‎ N MIDDONI ‎ Created page with "<pre>MIDDONI Lehite GN Land, ca. 90 BC (Alma 20:2; 23:10) There are several place-names from the ancient Near East with which this name may be compared. However tempting, the ..."
• 22:2422:24, 2 February 2011 diff hist +149‎ N MICHMASH ‎ Created page with "<pre>MICHMASH Biblical GN Town belonging to the tribe of BENJAMIN (2 Nephi 20:28) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:2322:23, 2 February 2011 diff hist +160‎ N MESSIAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MESSIAH Biblical DN An Aramaic word meaning the anointed (1 Nephi 1:19; Helaman 8:13) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:2222:22, 2 February 2011 diff hist +754‎ N MELEK ‎ Created page with "<pre>MELEK Lehite GN Land and city, three days south of AMMONIHAH on the west of the River SIDON by the borders of the wilderness, ca. 82 BC (Alma 8:3; 45:18) Ariel Cr..."

31 January 2011

• 15:2415:24, 31 January 2011 diff hist +133‎ N MEDES ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MEDES Biblical gentilic Inhabitants of Media (2 Nephi 23:17) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 15:2315:23, 31 January 2011 diff hist +281‎ N MATHONIHAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>MATHONIHAH Lehite PN Apostle, and brother of Mathoni, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 19:4) This is the expanded form of the name Mathoni (see above). See the introduction for the e..."
• 15:2215:22, 31 January 2011 diff hist +924‎ N MATHONI ‎ Created page with "<pre>MATHONI Lehite PN Apostle, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 19:4) From the root ntn, “to give,” this name would mean “gift.” The biblical PNs Mattan, Mattanah, and Mattaniah ..."
• 15:2115:21, 31 January 2011 diff hist +134‎ N MARY ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MARY Biblical PN (NT) Mother of Jesus (Mosiah 3:8; Alma 7:10) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 15:2115:21, 31 January 2011 diff hist +867‎ N MANTI ‎ Created page with "<pre>MANTI Lehite PN & GN 1. Soldier, spy, ca. 87 BC (Alma 2:22) 2. Hill near Zarahemla, ca. 90 BC (Alma 1:15) 3. City and land, ca. 65 BC (Alma 16:6; 59:6) According ..."
• 15:1915:19, 31 January 2011 diff hist +146‎ N MANNA ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MANNA Biblical noun A food sent from heaven (1 Nephi 17:28; Mosiah 7:19) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 15:1715:17, 31 January 2011 diff hist +135‎ N MANASSEH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MANASSEH Biblical PN Son of Joseph (2 Nephi 19:21; Alma 10:3) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 15:1615:16, 31 January 2011 diff hist +147‎ N MAMMON ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MAMMON Biblical noun (NT) An Aramaic word meaning riches (3 Nephi 13:24) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries</pre>"
• 15:1615:16, 31 January 2011 diff hist +130‎ N MALACHI ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MALACHI Biblical PN Old Testament prophet (3 Nephi 24:1) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 15:1515:15, 31 January 2011 diff hist +423‎ N MAHONRI ‎ Created page with "<pre>MAHONRI Jaredite PN This name is not found in the Book of Mormon but is mentioned as the name of the “brother of Jared” in George Reynolds, Era 8, 705 and Alma P. Bur..."
• 15:1315:13, 31 January 2011 diff hist +138‎ N MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ Biblical PN Son of Isaiah (2 Nephi 18:1, 3) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 15:1215:12, 31 January 2011 diff hist +411‎ N MAHAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>MAHAH Jaredite PN Son of Jared (Ether 6:14) No etymology is suggested. It is doubtful that the biblical PNs Maachah and Maacah (though the spelling is different in Engl..."
• 15:1115:11, 31 January 2011 diff hist +128‎ N MADMENAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MADMENAH Biblical PN A town in Benjamin (2 Nephi 20:31) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 15:1015:10, 31 January 2011 diff hist 0‎ LURAM ‎No edit summary
• 15:1015:10, 31 January 2011 diff hist +671‎ N LURAM ‎ Created page with "<pre>LURAM Lehite PN Soldier, 4th c. AD (Moroni 9:2) No etymology is suggested. Most unlikely is Sumerian lu “man” plus Akkadian rām “exalted,” because ancient Nea..."
• 15:0915:09, 31 January 2011 diff hist +329‎ N LUCIFER ‎ Created page with "<pre>*LUCIFER Biblical PN Name of Satan before he fell (2 Nephi 24:12) Note that “Lucifer” is not a transliterated Hebrew word but rather is the Latin interpretation of th..."
• 15:0715:07, 31 January 2011 diff hist −1‎ LIMNAH ‎No edit summary
• 15:0115:01, 31 January 2011 diff hist +14,861‎ N LIMNAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>LIMNAH Lehite noun Largest Nephite gold-measure, equivalent in value to one silver ONTI (Alma 11:5,10). Since the Book of Mormon was apparently written in Egyptian script..."
• 14:5314:53, 31 January 2011 diff hist +735‎ N LIMHI ‎ Created page with "<pre>LIMHI Lehite PN King of LehiNephi, son of Noah, 4th c. BC (Mosiah 7:9; Ether 15:33) The element lim (see Limhah) may be present in this name. However, more likely is an..."
• 14:5214:52, 31 January 2011 diff hist +635‎ N LIMHER ‎ Created page with "<pre>LIMHER Lehite PN Soldier and spy, ca. 87 BC (Alma 2:22) Perhaps this is an infinitive of mhr, “hasten,” with preposition l (RFS). Though some think this unlikely as ..."
• 14:5114:51, 31 January 2011 diff hist +2,234‎ N LIMHAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>LIMHAH Lehite PN General, 4th c. AD (Mormon 6:14) Like Lamah, Limhah may be related to the biblical PN Lamech (JH). Much less likely is a derivation analyzed as Limiah ..."
• 14:5014:50, 31 January 2011 diff hist +1,282‎ N LIB ‎ Created page with "<pre>LIB Jaredite PN 1. King (Ether 1:17–18; 10:18–19, 29) 2. Usurper (Ether 14:10–17) No etymology is suggested. If Semitic languages may be used to explain the J..."
• 14:4814:48, 31 January 2011 diff hist +3,138‎ N LIAHONA ‎ Created page with "<pre>LIAHONA Lehite noun Directional device given to Lehi by the Lord, ca. 600 BC. It is described as a “ball” (1 Nephi 16:10), called a “director” (Mosiah 1:16) and a..."
• 14:4214:42, 31 January 2011 diff hist +702‎ N LEVI ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡LEVI Jaredite PN 1. King (Ether 1:20–21; 10; 14–15) Biblical PN 2. Son of Jacob (3 Nephi 24:3) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. In vi..."
• 14:4014:40, 31 January 2011 diff hist +108‎ N LEMUELITES ‎ Created page with "<pre>LEMUELITES Lehite gentilic Descendants of Lemuel (Jacob 1:13; Mormon 1:9) Gentilic of lemuel </pre>"
• 14:3914:39, 31 January 2011 diff hist +609‎ N LEMUEL ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡LEMUEL Lehite PN & GN 1. Son of Lehi I, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 2:5; Alma 43:13) 2. Valley near the borders of the Red Sea, named after Lehi’s son, ca. 600 BC (1 Neph..."
• 14:3414:34, 31 January 2011 diff hist +217‎ N LEHONTI ‎ Created page with "<pre>LEHONTI Lehite PN Rebel leader, ca. 73 BC (Alma 47:10–14, 18–19) No etymology immediately suggests itself. Unlikely is Hebrew *ḥnṭ, “ripen, embalm.” Cf. ..."
• 14:3314:33, 31 January 2011 diff hist +869‎ N LEHINEPHI ‎ Created page with "<pre>LEHINEPHI Lehite GN Land and city, ca. 121 BC (Mosiah 7:1; 9:8) It is assumed that this city was identical to the city formerly known simply as Nephi, which had been s..."
• 14:3214:32, 31 January 2011 diff hist −5‎ LEHI ‎No edit summary