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|Son of [[MOSIAH]] no. 2, ca. 93 BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/mosiah/27/34#34 Mosiah 27:34]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/31/6#6 Alma 31:6])
|Son of King [[MOSIAH|M<small>OSIAH</small>]] II ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/27.34?lang=eng#33 Mosiah 27:34]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/22.35?lang=eng#34 Alma 22:35]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/23.1?lang=eng#primary 23:1]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/25.17?lang=eng#16 25:17]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/27.19?lang=eng#18 27:19]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/31.6?lang=eng#5 31:6])
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This PN is constructed along the lines of many North-west Semitic names, such as biblical Hebrew Zimri, Omri, and Tibni. An etymology should be sought from the roots ḥmn and hmn. See the biblical GN Hammon ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/josh/19/28#28 Joshua 19:28] and [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/1_chr/6/76#76 1 Chronicles 6:76]), Hamon-Gog, [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ezek/39/11,15#11 Ezekiel 39:11, 15], and Hamonah, [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ezek/39/16#16 Ezekiel 39:16], the latter perhaps with terminative adverbial ending, perhaps related to biblical Hebrew hāmōn, “multitude.” However, the -ōn ending in this latter word is secondary and should not be shortened to something like Himni (JH).
'''Etymology'''


Less likely is an etymology from the Persian name Haman in the Book of Esther. Lehi would have had little chance to bring Persian names to the Promised Land.  
This Lehite [[Personal Name|PN]], '''H<small>IMNI</small>''', may plausibly be related to the [[Personal Name|PN]] חמן ''ḥmn'' on a seal found at Megiddo.<ref>See [[Nahman Avigad|Nahman Avigad]], ''Corpus of West Semitic Stamp Seals''. Ed. Benjamin Sass. (Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, et al., 1997), 99, seal 160. Of more than passing interest is the fact that the seal has [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] glyptic elements. The connection between the name on this seal and the Book of Mormon name '''H<small>IMNI</small>''' was first pointed out in [[John A. Tvedtnes]], [[John Gee]], and [[Matthew Roper]] in “Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions,” [[Journal of Book of Mormon Studies|''JBMS'']] 9/1 (2000):47.</ref> The form of the name is identical to the biblical Hebrew names Zimri, Omri and Tibni from approximately the same time period as the seal. The etymology is uncertain, although several suggestions have been made.<ref>Though the etymology is uncertain, see the suggestions in Avigad,''Corpus,'' 498.</ref>


Nibley suggests Egyptian “Hmn,” a hawkgod (LID, 28). In specifying that this is a “symbol of the emperor,” does Nibley mean to imply that there is a connection with the fact that the Nephite king so named one of his sons? (JAT) Smith wonders whether Nibley means hmn or ḥmn, “aged.” *CHECK NIBLEY’S SOURCE!!!(RFS)
Nibley has suggested an Egyptian theophoric name, Ḥmn,<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]], "Lehi in the Desert", ''Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites.'' John W. Welch, Darrell L. Matthews, and Stephen R. Callister, eds. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. 5. (Salt Lake City/Provo: Deseret Book/FARMS, 1988.), 26.</ref> which egyptologists interpret as a falcon-god, as a possible source for '''H<small>IMNI</small>'''. This would be reference to an obscure local-god Ḥemen,<ref>R. Faulkner, ''The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead'', 2nd ed. (Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 1985), 190; Faulkner, ''The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts'' (Oxford: Clarendon, 1969/ Sandpiper Books, 1998).19, intro.; R. Faulkner, ''The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts'' (Oxford:Clarendon, 1969/Sandpiper Books, 1998) 235, 483, 19: intro.</ref> whom Faulkner lists as the god "Hemen, a falcon-god worshipped near Esna in Upper Egypt."<ref>R. Faulkner, ''The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead'', 2nd ed. (Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 1985), 190; Faulkner, ''The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts'' (Oxford: Clarendon, 1969/ Sandpiper Books, 1998).</ref>


Cf. Book of Mormon [[HEM]] and [[MANTI]], [[OMNI]], [[LIMHI]], and [[ZERAHEMNAH]].


See [[OMNI|O<small>MNI</small>]], [[ZERAHEMNAH|Z<small>ERAHEMNAH</small>]]
'''Variants'''
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐐𐐆𐐣𐐤𐐌 (hɪmnaɪ)
'''Notes'''
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Latest revision as of 20:28, 15 July 2023

Lehite PN 1. Son of King MOSIAH II (Mosiah 27:34; Alma 22:35; 23:1; 25:17; 27:19; 31:6)

Etymology

This Lehite PN, HIMNI, may plausibly be related to the PN חמן ḥmn on a seal found at Megiddo.[1] The form of the name is identical to the biblical Hebrew names Zimri, Omri and Tibni from approximately the same time period as the seal. The etymology is uncertain, although several suggestions have been made.[2]

Nibley has suggested an Egyptian theophoric name, Ḥmn,[3] which egyptologists interpret as a falcon-god, as a possible source for HIMNI. This would be reference to an obscure local-god Ḥemen,[4] whom Faulkner lists as the god "Hemen, a falcon-god worshipped near Esna in Upper Egypt."[5]


See OMNI, ZERAHEMNAH

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐐𐐆𐐣𐐤𐐌 (hɪmnaɪ)

Notes

  1. ↑ See Nahman Avigad, Corpus of West Semitic Stamp Seals. Ed. Benjamin Sass. (Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, et al., 1997), 99, seal 160. Of more than passing interest is the fact that the seal has EGYPTIAN glyptic elements. The connection between the name on this seal and the Book of Mormon name HIMNI was first pointed out in John A. Tvedtnes, John Gee, and Matthew Roper in “Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions,” JBMS 9/1 (2000):47.
  2. ↑ Though the etymology is uncertain, see the suggestions in Avigad,Corpus, 498.
  3. ↑ Nibley, "Lehi in the Desert", Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites. John W. Welch, Darrell L. Matthews, and Stephen R. Callister, eds. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. 5. (Salt Lake City/Provo: Deseret Book/FARMS, 1988.), 26.
  4. ↑ R. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, 2nd ed. (Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 1985), 190; Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Oxford: Clarendon, 1969/ Sandpiper Books, 1998).19, intro.; R. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Oxford:Clarendon, 1969/Sandpiper Books, 1998) 235, 483, 19: intro.
  5. ↑ R. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, 2nd ed. (Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 1985), 190; Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Oxford: Clarendon, 1969/ Sandpiper Books, 1998).
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