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|Son of | |Son of [[ADAM]] and [[EVE]] ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/hel/6/27#27 Helaman 6:27]) | ||
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The name ABEL refers in the Book of Mormon only to the biblical figure. Footnote 1 | |||
Footnote 1:Though the Hebrew PN ''hevel'' is, according to the 1958 edition of Köhler-Baumgartner ''Lexicon'', p. 224, and in contemporary Bible dictionaries and other reference works, related to the Akkadian ''aplu/ablu,'' "son," and not the Hebrew ''hevel'', "(transitory) breath, wind, exhalation; vanity," it is uncertain from what root the name derives in subsequent editions of Köhler-Baumgartner. | |||
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Revision as of 10:54, 11 April 2011
| Biblical PN | Son of ADAM and EVE (Helaman 6:27) |
The name ABEL refers in the Book of Mormon only to the biblical figure. Footnote 1
Footnote 1:Though the Hebrew PN hevel is, according to the 1958 edition of Köhler-Baumgartner Lexicon, p. 224, and in contemporary Bible dictionaries and other reference works, related to the Akkadian aplu/ablu, "son," and not the Hebrew hevel, "(transitory) breath, wind, exhalation; vanity," it is uncertain from what root the name derives in subsequent editions of Köhler-Baumgartner.
