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|Jaredite PN
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|1. King (Ether 1:20–21; 10; 14–15)
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|King ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/1/20-21#20 Ether 1:20–21]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/10/14-15#14 10:14–15])
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|Biblical PN
|Biblical PN
|2. Son of Jacob (3 Nephi 24:3)
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|Son of Jacob ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/24/3#3 3 Nephi 24:3])
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Revision as of 11:51, 30 March 2011

Jaredite PN 1. King (Ether 1:20–21; 10:14–15)
Biblical PN 2. Son of Jacob (3 Nephi 24:3)

For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.

In view of the fact that he sees a trend in some Jaredite names to be related to the lion and leopard (Shiblon/m, Coriantum, Coriantor, Lib, Nimrah, Nimrod), Urrutia sees Levi as possibly related to Hebrew lābīʾ, “lion,” where the b is pronunced v in modern Hebrew (NPSEHA, 150.0 [Aug. 1982]). This latter fact, in Tvedtnes’s view, mitigates against such a possibility, since it is more likely that Joseph Smith would have spelled or pronounced the name “Levi” only if it corresponded to the biblical name.