OMNER

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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