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|City, perhaps named from No. 1 ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/51.26?lang=eng#25 Alma 51:26])
|City, perhaps named from No. 1 ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/51.26?lang=eng#25 Alma 51:26])
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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


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
'''OMNER''' might be composed of Hebrew ''ʿam'' from ''ʿmm'' “people, kinsman”, and Hebrew ''nēr'' “light”, as in Abner “Father-is-Light.” O<small>MNER</small> could then mean, approximately “The (Divine) Kinsman is Light.” ([[Jo Ann Carlton Hackett|JH]]) The initial vowel ''o'' in O<small>MNER</small> and the ''a'' in Hebrew ''ʿam'' is not an issue, especially given the English pronunciation of O<small>MNER</small> in the 1869 [[Deseret Alphabet]] edition, ɒmnɛr (IPA = ͻmnɛr, or ''amner'' in SBL transliteration), where with the initial vowel is pronounced as the ''a'' in ''w<b>a</b>tch''.
“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|O<small>MNI</small>]], [[COMNOR|C<small>OMNOR</small>]], [[TEOMNER|T<small>EOMNER</small>]], [[AMNOR|A<small>MNOR</small>]]
Cf. Book of Mormon [[OMNI|O<small>MNI</small>]], [[COMNOR|C<small>OMNOR</small>]], [[TEOMNER|T<small>EOMNER</small>]], [[AMNOR|A<small>MNOR</small>]]

Revision as of 16:01, 12 September 2013

Lehite PN & GN 1. Son of MOSIAH No. 2, missionary, ca. 91 BC (Mosiah 27:34; Alma 22:35; 23:1; 25:17; 27:19; 31:6, 32)
2. City, perhaps named from No. 1 (Alma 51:26)

Etymology

OMNER might be composed of Hebrew ʿam from ʿmm “people, kinsman”, and Hebrew nēr “light”, as in Abner “Father-is-Light.” OMNER could then mean, approximately “The (Divine) Kinsman is Light.” (JH) The initial vowel o in OMNER and the a in Hebrew ʿam is not an issue, especially given the English pronunciation of OMNER in the 1869 Deseret Alphabet edition, ɒmnɛr (IPA = ͻmnɛr, or amner in SBL transliteration), where with the initial vowel is pronounced as the a in watch.

Cf. Book of Mormon OMNI, COMNOR, TEOMNER, AMNOR

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐉𐐣𐐤𐐇𐐡 (ɒmnɛr)

Notes

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