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'''Etymology'''
'''Etymology'''


'''SHEM''', a [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] PN and GN, may derive from hebrew ''shem'', "name" (cf. ''HALOT'' 1994, 4:1548-51, and note the biblical PN '''S<small>HEM</small>''', the son of [[NOAH|N<small>OAH</small>]]).
'''SHEM''', a [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] PN and GN, may derive from [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''shem'', "name" (cf. ''HALOT'' 1994, 4:1548-51, and note the biblical PN '''S<small>HEM</small>''', the son of [[NOAH|N<small>OAH</small>]]).


See [[SHIM|S<small>HIM</small>]], [[SHUM|S<small>HUM</small>]], [[SHEMLON|S<small>HEMLON</small>]], [[SHEMNON|S<small>HEMNON</small>]], [[SHIMNILOM|S<small>HIMNILOM</small>]]
See [[SHIM|S<small>HIM</small>]], [[SHUM|S<small>HUM</small>]], [[SHEMLON|S<small>HEMLON</small>]], [[SHEMNON|S<small>HEMNON</small>]], [[SHIMNILOM|S<small>HIMNILOM</small>]]

Revision as of 09:13, 1 November 2013

Lehite GN 1. Name of a NEPHITE military leader slain in the final battles with the LAMANITES (Mormon 6:14).
Lehite PN 2. Name of a NEPHITE city and land to which the people of NEPHI under MORMON were driven (Mormon 2:20, 21).

Etymology

SHEM, a NEPHITE PN and GN, may derive from HEBREW shem, "name" (cf. HALOT 1994, 4:1548-51, and note the biblical PN SHEM, the son of NOAH).

See SHIM, SHUM, SHEMLON, SHEMNON, SHIMNILOM

See also Shem Variants

Variants

Shom

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐟𐐇𐐣 (ʃɛm)

Notes