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|Land and city, three days south of [[AMMONIHAH|A<small>MMONIHAH</small>]] on the west of the River [[SIDON|S<small>IDON</small>]] by the borders of the wilderness, ca. 82 BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/8/3#3 Alma 8:3]; [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/alma/45/18#18 45:18])
|Lehite land ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/8.3,%204,%206?lang=eng#2 Alma 8:3, 4, 6]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/31.6?lang=eng#5 31:6]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/45.18?lang=eng#17 45:18])
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[[Ariel Crowley]] appears to have been the first scholar to note that '''MELEK''' is most likely the biblical ''mlk'', “king” (The escape of [[MULEK|M<small>ULEK</small>]],” Improvement Era, May 1955, p. 326, fn. 4; see also [[Reynolds]], Story of the Book of Mormon, p. 298). The name appears in biblical PN’s such as Melech, Melechi, [[MELCHIZEDEK|M<small>ELCHIZEDEK</small>]] (also in Book of Mormon), Malchiah, Abimelech, Ahimelech, etc. ([[John A. Tvedtnes|JAT]]). The Book of Mormon name may be hypocoristic for ''mlk-’l'' or ''mlk-yh'' ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]), though this is odd for a GN ([[Jo Ann Hackett|JH]]).
'''MELEK''' is the name of a Lehite land mentioned five times in the Book of Mormon. M<small>ELEK</small> is most likely dreived from the Hebrew ''meleḳ''.


Cf. Book of Mormon [[AMALEKI|A<small>MALEKI</small>]], [[AMALICKIAH|A<small>MALICKIAH</small>]], [[AMLICI|A<small>MLICI</small>]], [[MULEK|M<small>ULEK</small>]], [[AMULEK|A<small>MULEK</small>]], [[MELCHIZEDEK|M<small>ELCHIZEDEK</small>]], [[MULOKI|M<small>ULOKI</small>]].
Cf. Book of Mormon [[AMALEKI|A<small>MALEKI</small>]], [[AMALICKIAH|A<small>MALICKIAH</small>]], [[AMLICI|A<small>MLICI</small>]], [[MULEK|M<small>ULEK</small>]], [[AMULEK|A<small>MULEK</small>]], [[MELCHIZEDEK|M<small>ELCHIZEDEK</small>]], [[MULOKI|M<small>ULOKI</small>]].


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Revision as of 11:57, 13 March 2012

Lehite GN 1. Lehite land (Alma 8:3, 4, 6; 31:6; 45:18)

MELEK is the name of a Lehite land mentioned five times in the Book of Mormon. MELEK is most likely dreived from the Hebrew meleḳ.

Cf. Book of Mormon AMALEKI, AMALICKIAH, AMLICI, MULEK, AMULEK, MELCHIZEDEK, MULOKI.

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