ETHEM/ETHAM
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ETHEM/ETHAM Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:8-9; 11:14) No etymology is suggested. Cf. the biblical Hebrew place-name Etham in Exodus 13:20 and Numbers 33:6-8 (JAT). Cf. Book of Mormon ETHER It is doubtful that it is Semitic for “their strength” (Reynolds, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, VI:46).