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|Scribe, 4th c. BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/jarom/1/15#15 Jarom 1:15], [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/omni/1/1#1 Omni 1:1])
|Scribe, 4th c. BC ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/jarom/1/15#15 Jarom 1:15], [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/omni/1/1#1 Omni 1:1])
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'''Etymology'''


The form of '''OMNI''' resembles the Zimri/Omri pattern. The root could be either ''ʿmn'' or ''ʾmn''. The latter means “to confirm, support” with secondary meanings of “be true/faithful.
The form of '''OMNI''' resembles the Zimri/Omri pattern. The root could be either ''ʿmn'' or ''ʾmn''. The latter means “to confirm, support” with secondary meanings of “be true/faithful.
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Cf. Book of Mormon [[OMNER|O<small>MNER</small>]], [[AMMON|A<small>MMON</small>]], [[AMNIHU|A<small>MNIHU</small>]], [[ANTIOMNO|A<small>NTIOMNO</small>]], et al.
Cf. Book of Mormon [[OMNER|O<small>MNER</small>]], [[AMMON|A<small>MMON</small>]], [[AMNIHU|A<small>MNIHU</small>]], [[ANTIOMNO|A<small>NTIOMNO</small>]], et al.


==Notes==
'''Variants'''
 
'''Deseret Alphabet:'''
 
'''Notes'''
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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite PN]]
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Revision as of 12:29, 8 June 2012

Lehite PN Scribe, 4th c. BC (Jarom 1:15, Omni 1:1)

Etymology

The form of OMNI resembles the Zimri/Omri pattern. The root could be either ʿmn or ʾmn. The latter means “to confirm, support” with secondary meanings of “be true/faithful. ” [1] Note that the segholate form ʾomen occurs in Isaiah 25:1 (RFS), which with the 1c.s. possessive pronoun would become *ʾomnī, “my truth” (with the KJV rendering of the word) or “[DN is] my faithfulness” (JH). The form could also be a hypocoristicon, “[DN is] faithfulness” (JH). Note also a possible feminine form, ʾomenet, “nanny, nurse,” in 2 Samuel 4:4 (RFS).

See also ʾāmmān, “artisan” (The Song of Solomon 7:2) (RFS) and probably in the same sense ʾomnōt, “handiwork” (2 Kings 18:19) (RFS).

Cf. Book of Mormon OMNER, AMMON, AMNIHU, ANTIOMNO, et al.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet:

Notes


  1. This is the root of the common English liturgical word “amen.”
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