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Lehite GN | 1. | Land, ca. 90 BC (Alma 20:2, 3, 4 (x3), 5, 7, 14, 15, 28, 30; 21:12, 13, 18; 22:1, 3; 23:10) |
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Etymology
There are several place-names from the ancient Near East with which this name may be compared. However tempting, the Late Bronze Age GN Mittani is not likely because it was the name of a non-Semitic empire, not of a geographic feature such as a city or land. If the doubling of the d is phonemic, then the Hebrew root mdd, βto measure,β such as in the biblical GN Middin (Joshua 15:61) would seem to fit and could mean β(place of) measurementβ (RFS, JAT and JH), with the nominalizing element -Εn.[1] If the doubling of the d is not phonemic, then the root dΕ«n, βto struggle, contend,β would provide an apt meaning (similar to biblical Meribah, βstrife,β as a GN in Exodus 17:7 and Numbers 20:13 JH and JAT) of βMy Contention,β with the 1 c.s. possessive pronoun.
Unlikely is a derivation based on biblical MIDIAN, mdyn (Genesis 37:36) because it would required the βyodβ of the Hebrew to leave no trace.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: π£ππππ€π, π£ππππ€π
Notes
- β It has been pointed out by John Tvedtnes that Hebrew *middΔh, βtributeβ (In MT only in construct middat ham-melek, βtribute of the king,β Nehemiah 5:4, and in Aramaic) is another example of the root mdd. The land of MIDDONI was one of the last two lands (ISHMAEL and MIDDONI) in the LAMANITE realm which had their own king and yet which were under the government of the LAMANITE king residing in the land of NEPHI (Alma 20). It is likely that the land of MIDDONI rendered tribute the the king at NEPHI. Therefore, this is a possible case for metonymy.