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|Silver currency, ca. 82 BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/11/17#17 Alma 11:17])
|Silver currency, ca. 82 BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/11/17#17 Alma 11:17])
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'''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.”
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 name appears to be meaningful when one realizes that the L<small>EAH</small> was the smallest of the [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] monetary measures (JAT).
The name appears to be meaningful when one realizes that the L<small>EAH</small> was the smallest of the [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] monetary measures (JAT).


'''Variants'''
'''Deseret Alphabet:'''
'''Notes'''
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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite noun]]
[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite noun]]

Revision as of 10:54, 8 June 2012

Lehite noun 1. 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 name appears to be meaningful when one realizes that the LEAH was the smallest of the NEPHITE monetary measures (JAT).

Variants

Deseret Alphabet:

Notes