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|'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]'''
|1.
|Hill of, on which [[NEHOR|N<small>EHOR</small>]] is executed, 1<sup>st</sup> cent. B.C. ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/1.15?lang=eng#14 Alma 1:15])
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|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
|2.
|[[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] soldier sent to watch [[AMLICITES|A<small>MLICITES</small>]], 1<sup>st</sup> cent. B.C. ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/2.22?lang=eng#21 Alma 2:22])
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|'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]'''
|3.
|[[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] land of, on southern border with [[LAMANITE(S)|L<small>AMANITES</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/16.6,%207?lang=eng#5 Alma 16:6, 7]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/17.1?lang=eng#primary 17:1]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/22.27?lang=eng#26 22:27]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/43.22,%2024,%2025,%2032,%2042?lang=eng#21 43:22, 24, 25, 32, 42]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/59.6?lang=eng#5 59:6])
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|4.
|[[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] city of, chief city of land of [[MANTI|M<small>ANTI</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/56.14?lang=eng#13 56:14 (x2)]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/57.22?lang=eng#21 57:22]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/58.1,%2013,%2025,%2026,%2027,%2028,%2039?lang=eng#primary 58:1, 13, 25, 26, 27, 28, 39]).
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Lehite PN & GN 1. Soldier, spy, ca. 87 BC (Alma 2:22)
'''Etymology'''
2. Hill near Zarahemla, ca. 90 BC (Alma 1:15)
3. City and land, ca. 65 BC (Alma 16:6; 59:6)


According to Nibley, this is the Semitic form of an Egyptian proper name, e.g., Manti-Mankhi, a prince in Upper Egypt ca. 650 BC, and is a late form of Egyptian month/
No West Semitic etymologies are apparent, below are some other suggestions.
montu/mntw, the god of Hermonthis near Thebes (LID, 29). He lists the Egyptian forms Manti, Monti, Menedi, etc., but especially the Egyptian name of a Hittite city,
Manda (ABM, 138).


Unlikely is Hebrew mnty, “my portion,because the n should assimilate to the t (JAT). Even more unlikely are the suggestions that it is Hebrew, “man,” “something
Such a name is unlikely to be Northwest Semitic due to the -''nt''- constant combination. In such a case, the -''n''- should assimilate to the -''t''-.
mysterious” (Reynolds, Dictionary of the Book of Mormon, p. 304), and that it relates “to prophets or oracles” (Reynolds, Story of the Book of Mormon, p. 299).
 
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[[Hugh W. Nibley|Hugh Nibley]] compared the ancient [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] [[Personal Name|PN]] Manti-Mankhi, a prince in Upper [[EGYPT|E<small>GYPT</small>]] ca. 650 B.C.<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]], [[Hugh W. Nibley, "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.|''Lehi in the Desert'']], 27.</ref> referring to the Neo-Assyrian spelling ''Manti'', in this case the [[Personal Name|PN]] in cuneiform ''Manti-m-eḫē'' < [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] [[Personal Name|PN]] ''Mnṯw-m-ḥ3t'' "Month-is-satisfied," or cryptographic ''Mnṯw-mḥjt'' "Month-of-the-North," with hieroglyphs showing the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] god Month sitting down, holding a sail.<ref>Takács, [[Gábor Takács, Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian. 3 vols. HdO Leiden: Brill, 1999, 2001, 2007.|''Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian'']] III:3; cf. Zauzich, ''Hieroglyphs Without Mystery'', 30, 92.</ref> [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] recognized that the name includes a late form of the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] [[Divine Name|DN]] Month/Montu/Mntw, known in Greek as Hermonthis (cf. [[HERMOUNTS|H<small>ERMOUNTS</small>]]).<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]], [[Hugh W. Nibley, "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.|''Lehi in the Desert'']], 27.</ref> He also lists the forms of Manti, Monti, Menedi, etc., but especially the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] name of a Hittite city, Manda.<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] , [[Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon. 3rd ed. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 6. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, FARMS, 1988.|''An Approach to the Book of Mormon'']], 289.</ref>Unlikely is [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''mnty'' "my portion," again because the -''n''- should assimilate to the -''t''- in Northwest Semitic ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]).
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Also unlikely are the suggestions that it is [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''man''' "something mysterious,"<ref>[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], ''Dictionary of the Book of Mormon'', 304.</ref> and that it relates "to prophets or oracles."<ref>[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]], ''Story of the Book of Mormon'', 299.</ref> ([[Paul Y.  Hoskisson|PYH]])
 
See [[HERMOUNTS|H<small>ERMOUNTS</small>]].
 
<div style="text-align: right;">[[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]</div>
 
'''Variants'''
 
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐣𐐈𐐤𐐓𐐌 (mæntaɪ)
 
'''Notes'''
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'''Bibliography'''
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Nibley, Hugh W. ''Lehi in the Desert and the World of the Jaredites'', 2<sup>nd</sup> ed., [[The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. 19 vols. SLC: FARMS/Deseret, 1986-2010.|''CWHN'']] V. [[Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies|FARMS]]/Deseret, 1988. [[Hugh W. Nibley, "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.|''LID'']]
 
Nibley, Hugh W. ''An Approach to the Book of Mormon'', 3<sup>rd</sup> ed., [[The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. 19 vols. SLC: FARMS/Deseret, 1986-2010.|''CWHN'']] VI. [[Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies|FARMS]]/Deseret, 1988. [[Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Mormon. 3rd ed. Collected Works of Hugh Nibley 6. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, FARMS, 1988.|''ABM'']]
 
Nibley, Hugh W. ''Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World''. [[Salt Lake City|SLC]]: Deseret Book, 1967 = ''Collected Works of Hugh Nibley'' VII. [[Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies|FARMS]]/Deseret, 1988. [[Hugh W. Nibley, Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World. 1st ed. SLC: Deseret Book, 1967.; 2nd ed. CWHN 7. SLC: FARMS/Deseret, 1988.|''SC'']]
 
Reynolds, George. ''Dictionary of the Book of Mormon Comprising Its Biographical, Geographical and Other Proper Names''. [[Salt Lake City|SLC]]: J.H. Parry, 1891/Deseret Sunday School Union, 1910/1929/P.C. Reynolds, 1954.
 
Reynolds, George. ''Story of the Book of Mormon''. [[Salt Lake City|SLC]]: J.H. Parry, 1888.
 
Takács, Gábor. ''Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian'', III. Leiden: Brill, 2007. [[Gábor Takács, Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian. 3 vols. HdO Leiden: Brill, 1999, 2001, 2007.|''EDE'']] III
 
Zauzich, Karl-Theodor. ''Hieroglyphs Without Mystery: An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Writing'', trans., A. Roth. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1992.
 
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Latest revision as of 12:53, 7 April 2016

Lehite GN 1. Hill of, on which NEHOR is executed, 1st cent. B.C. (Alma 1:15)
Lehite PN 2. NEPHITE soldier sent to watch AMLICITES, 1st cent. B.C. (Alma 2:22)
Lehite GN 3. NEPHITE land of, on southern border with LAMANITES (Alma 16:6, 7; 17:1; 22:27; 43:22, 24, 25, 32, 42; 59:6)
4. NEPHITE city of, chief city of land of MANTI (56:14 (x2); 57:22; 58:1, 13, 25, 26, 27, 28, 39).

Etymology

No West Semitic etymologies are apparent, below are some other suggestions.

Such a name is unlikely to be Northwest Semitic due to the -nt- constant combination. In such a case, the -n- should assimilate to the -t-.

Hugh Nibley compared the ancient EGYPTIAN PN Manti-Mankhi, a prince in Upper EGYPT ca. 650 B.C.[1] referring to the Neo-Assyrian spelling Manti, in this case the PN in cuneiform Manti-m-eḫē < EGYPTIAN PN Mnṯw-m-ḥ3t "Month-is-satisfied," or cryptographic Mnṯw-mḥjt "Month-of-the-North," with hieroglyphs showing the EGYPTIAN god Month sitting down, holding a sail.[2] Nibley recognized that the name includes a late form of the EGYPTIAN DN Month/Montu/Mntw, known in Greek as Hermonthis (cf. HERMOUNTS).[3] He also lists the forms of Manti, Monti, Menedi, etc., but especially the EGYPTIAN name of a Hittite city, Manda.[4]Unlikely is HEBREW mnty "my portion," again because the -n- should assimilate to the -t- in Northwest Semitic (JAT).

Also unlikely are the suggestions that it is HEBREW man' "something mysterious,"[5] and that it relates "to prophets or oracles."[6] (PYH)

See HERMOUNTS.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐣𐐈𐐤𐐓𐐌 (mæntaɪ)

Notes


  1. Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, 27.
  2. Takács, Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian III:3; cf. Zauzich, Hieroglyphs Without Mystery, 30, 92.
  3. Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, 27.
  4. Nibley , An Approach to the Book of Mormon, 289.
  5. Reynolds, Dictionary of the Book of Mormon, 304.
  6. Reynolds, Story of the Book of Mormon, 299.

Bibliography


Nibley, Hugh W. Lehi in the Desert and the World of the Jaredites, 2nd ed., CWHN V. FARMS/Deseret, 1988. LID

Nibley, Hugh W. An Approach to the Book of Mormon, 3rd ed., CWHN VI. FARMS/Deseret, 1988. ABM

Nibley, Hugh W. Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World. SLC: Deseret Book, 1967 = Collected Works of Hugh Nibley VII. FARMS/Deseret, 1988. SC

Reynolds, George. Dictionary of the Book of Mormon Comprising Its Biographical, Geographical and Other Proper Names. SLC: J.H. Parry, 1891/Deseret Sunday School Union, 1910/1929/P.C. Reynolds, 1954.

Reynolds, George. Story of the Book of Mormon. SLC: J.H. Parry, 1888.

Takács, Gábor. Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, III. Leiden: Brill, 2007. EDE III

Zauzich, Karl-Theodor. Hieroglyphs Without Mystery: An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Writing, trans., A. Roth. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1992.

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