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|'''[[:Category:Lehite PN|Lehite PN]]'''
|1.
|Son of [[MOSIAH|M<small>OSIAH</small>]] ca. 100 BC ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/27.34?lang=eng#33 Mosiah 27:34]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/22.35?lang=eng#34 Alma 22:35]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/23.1?lang=eng#primary 23:1]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/25.17?lang=eng#16 25:17]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/27.19?lang=eng#18 27:19]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/31.6,%2032?lang=eng#5 31:6, 32])
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|'''[[:Category:Lehite GN|Lehite GN]]'''
|2.
|[[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] city ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/51.26?lang=eng#25 Alma 51:26])
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Lehite PN & GN 1. Son of Mosiah No. 2, missionary, ca. 91 BC (Mosiah 27:34; Alma 31:32)
'''Etymology'''
2. City, perhaps named from No. 1 (Alma 51:26)


The name resembles biblical PNs with the element nēr, e.g., Abner, “the [divine] father is light” (see standard biblical commentaries for other examples). Omner could mean  
Given the English pronunciation of the Book of Mormon PN '''O<small>MNER</small>''' as “ahm-ner”, (where with the initial vowel is pronounced as the ''/a/'' in watch; as ''ɒmnɛr'' in the 1869 Deseret Alphabet; amner in SBL transliteration; IPA = ''ͻmnɛr''), Omner might be composed of Hebrew עם ''ʿam'' from ''‘mm'' “people, kinsman”, and Hebrew נר ''nēr'' “light”, as in Abner “Father-is-Light.Omner could then mean, approximately, “The (Divine) Kinsman is Light” ([[Jo Ann Carlton Hackett|JH]]).
“the [divine] kinsman is light” (JH), from ʿmm, “people, kinsman.” In the singular, “people, kinsman,” in Hebrew is ʿam. The GN probably was taken from the PN.


Cf. Book of Mormon Omni, Comnor, Teomner, Amnor
See [[TEOMNER|T<small>EOMNER</small>]], [[TEANCUM|T<small>EANCUM</small>]], [[PAANCHI|P<small>AANCHI</small>]], [[PACHUS|P<small>ACHUS</small>]], [[PAHORAN|P<small>AHORAN</small>]], [[AMNOR|A<small>MNOR</small>]], [[COMNOR|C<small>OMNOR</small>]], [[OMNI|O<small>MNI</small>]].
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'''Variants'''
 
'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐉𐐣𐐤𐐇𐐡 (ɒmnɛr)
 
'''Notes'''
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Latest revision as of 13:25, 9 October 2023

Lehite PN 1. Son of MOSIAH ca. 100 BC (Mosiah 27:34; Alma 22:35; 23:1; 25:17; 27:19; 31:6, 32)
Lehite GN 2. NEPHITE city (Alma 51:26)

Etymology

Given the English pronunciation of the Book of Mormon PN OMNER as “ahm-ner”, (where with the initial vowel is pronounced as the /a/ in watch; as ɒmnɛr in the 1869 Deseret Alphabet; amner in SBL transliteration; IPA = ͻmnɛr), Omner might be composed of Hebrew עם ʿam from ‘mm “people, kinsman”, and Hebrew נר nēr “light”, as in Abner “Father-is-Light.” Omner could then mean, approximately, “The (Divine) Kinsman is Light” (JH).

See TEOMNER, TEANCUM, PAANCHI, PACHUS, PAHORAN, AMNOR, COMNOR, OMNI.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐉𐐣𐐤𐐇𐐡 (ɒmnɛr)

Notes


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