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'''O<small>MEGA</small>''' appears only once in the Book of Mormon as part of the phrase "[[ALPHA|A<small>LPHA</small>]] and '''O<small>MEGA</small>'''," with reference to the risen Lord in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/9/18#18 3 Nephi 9:18]. Alpha and Omega are respectively, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet and probably are a merism meaning not just ''the first and the last'', but the whole alphabet. | '''O<small>MEGA</small>''' appears only once in the Book of Mormon as part of the phrase "[[ALPHA|A<small>LPHA</small>]] and '''O<small>MEGA</small>'''," with reference to the risen Lord in [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/9/18#18 3 Nephi 9:18]. Alpha and Omega are respectively, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet and probably are a merism meaning not just ''the first and the last'', but the whole alphabet. | ||
The rendering of this phrase from the plates into English is | The rendering of this phrase from the plates into English is dependent on the [[King James Version|KJV]] rendering of [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/1.8?lang=eng#7 Revelation 1:8], where the phrase is "I am the Alpha and Omega (koine Greek: τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ, literally, “the Alpha and the Omega”), the beginning and the ending," with reference to [[CHRIST|C<small>HRIST</small>]]. It occurs twice more in Revelation ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/21.6?lang=eng#5 21:6] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/22.13?lang=eng#12 22:13]). The phrase "the beginning and the end" (also found in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/eccl/3.11?lang=eng#10 Ecclesiastes 3:11], but not as a reference to deity) may also be connected with the merism "first and last" in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/41.4?lang=eng#3 Isaiah 41:4]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/44.6?lang=eng#5 44:6]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/isa/48.12?lang=eng#11 48:12]. According to the Jewish folklorist Dov Noy, "the expression 'from alef to tav' (Shab. 55a and Av. Zar. 4a) corresponding to that of 'Alpha and Omega' ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/1.8?lang=eng#7 Rev. 1:8] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/rev/22.13?lang=eng#12 22:13]) denotes complete integration,"<ref>Dov Noy, "Alef in Aggadah and Folklore," ''Encyclopedia Judaica'' (Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Judaica, 1996), 2:555.</ref> or, perhaps better said, a merism. | ||
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| Biblical DN (NT) | 1. | A title for CHRIST (3 Nephi 9:18) |
Etymology
OMEGA appears only once in the Book of Mormon as part of the phrase "ALPHA and OMEGA," with reference to the risen Lord in 3 Nephi 9:18. Alpha and Omega are respectively, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet and probably are a merism meaning not just the first and the last, but the whole alphabet.
The rendering of this phrase from the plates into English is dependent on the KJV rendering of Revelation 1:8, where the phrase is "I am the Alpha and Omega (koine Greek: τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ, literally, “the Alpha and the Omega”), the beginning and the ending," with reference to CHRIST. It occurs twice more in Revelation (21:6 and 22:13). The phrase "the beginning and the end" (also found in Ecclesiastes 3:11, but not as a reference to deity) may also be connected with the merism "first and last" in Isaiah 41:4; 44:6; 48:12. According to the Jewish folklorist Dov Noy, "the expression 'from alef to tav' (Shab. 55a and Av. Zar. 4a) corresponding to that of 'Alpha and Omega' (Rev. 1:8 and 22:13) denotes complete integration,"[1] or, perhaps better said, a merism.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐄𐐣𐐀𐐘𐐂 (oʊmiːɡɑː)
Notes
- ↑ Dov Noy, "Alef in Aggadah and Folklore," Encyclopedia Judaica (Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Judaica, 1996), 2:555.
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