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Lehite noun Silver currency, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:17)
'''Etymology'''


Perhaps related to the same root as the biblical PN Leah, which some *dictionaries derive from lʾh, “to be weary, weak,” but which can also mean “to be strong, capable.
The term '''L<small>EAH</small>''' refers to the smallest unit of [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] silver measurement. The word may derive from the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] root ''lʾh'' “to be weak, weary,” though its opposite meaning, “to be strong, capable,” has also been proposed.<ref>[[Koehler, Ludwig, and Walter Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. 5 vols. revised by W. Baumgartner and Johann J. Stamm. Leiden: Brill, 1994. trans. of 5-volume 3rd German edition.|''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.</ref>
The name appears to be meaningful when one realizes that the Leah was the smallest of the Nephite monetary measures (JAT).
 
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'''Variants'''
 
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐢𐐀𐐂 (liːɑː)
 
'''Notes'''
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Revision as of 19:24, 20 November 2015

Lehite noun 1. Unit of NEPHITE currency (Alma 11:17)

Etymology

The term LEAH refers to the smallest unit of NEPHITE silver measurement. The word may derive from the HEBREW root lʾh “to be weak, weary,” though its opposite meaning, “to be strong, capable,” has also been proposed.[1]

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐢𐐀𐐂 (liːɑː)

Notes


  1. 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.
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