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29 January 2011

• 18:2918:29, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,424‎ N AMGID ‎ Created page with "<pre> AMGID Jaredite PN King (usurper) (Ether 10:32) Until Jaredite can be connected with a known ancient language and culture, attempts at etymologies are at best wild guesse..."
• 18:2718:27, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,901‎ N AMARON ‎ Created page with "<pre>AMARON Lehite PN Scribe, 2nd c. BC (Omni 3–4) Amaron seems most likely to be connected with the root West Semitic root ʾmr, “to speak, to say; word.” Biblical name..."
• 18:2618:26, 29 January 2011 diff hist +135‎ N AMALICKIAHITES ‎ Created page with "<pre>AMALICKIAHITES Lehite gentilic Followers of rebel Amalickiah (q.v.), ca. 73 BC (Alma 46:28; 49:9) Gentilic of Amalickiah </pre>"
• 18:2418:24, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,950‎ N AMALICKIAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>AMALICKIAH Lehite PN Rebel who became king of the Lamanites, ca. 73–67 BC (Alma 46:3; 62:35) As with Amaleki and its gentilic, the temptation is to see the common Semit..."
• 18:2318:23, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,137‎ N AMALEKITES ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡AMALEKITE(S) Lehite gentilic Sect of apostates (many after the order of Nehor), allies of the Lamanites who built the city of Jerusalem, ca. 90 BC (Alma 21:2; 43:44) G..."
• 18:2018:20, 29 January 2011 diff hist +2,821‎ N AMALEKI ‎ Created page with "<pre> AMALEKI Lehite PN 1. Scribe, most likely 2nd c. BC (Omni 12; Words of Mormon 1:10) Mulekite PN 2. “Brother” of Ammon, ca. 121 BC (Mosiah 7:6) It would be most temp..."
• 18:1818:18, 29 January 2011 diff hist +137‎ N ALPHA ‎ Created page with "<pre>*ALPHA Biblical DN (NT) Descriptive name for Christ (3 Nephi 9:18) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 18:1718:17, 29 January 2011 diff hist +6,783‎ N ALMA ‎ Created page with "<pre>ALMA Lehite PN & GN 1. High priest, ca. 148 BC (Mosiah 17:2; Alma 5:11) 2. Son of No. 1, high priest and chief judge, ca. 100 BC (Mosiah 27:8; Ether 12:13) 3. V..."
• 18:1318:13, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,320‎ N AKISH ‎ Created page with "<pre>AKISH Jaredite PN & GN 1. Son of Kimnor (Ether 8:10; 9:12) 2. Wilderness near the plains of Agosh and Heshlon (Ether 14:3–4, 14) Until Jaredite can be connected to ..."
• 18:1018:10, 29 January 2011 diff hist +219‎ N AIATH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*AIATH Biblical GN City near the Dead Sea (2 Nephi 20:28) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. Notes Reynolds, DBM, 13, speculates that this is anot..."
• 18:0918:09, 29 January 2011 diff hist +125‎ N AHAZ ‎ Created page with "<pre>*AHAZ Biblical PN King of Judah (2 Nephi 17:1; 24:28) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 18:0818:08, 29 January 2011 diff hist +316‎ N AHAH ‎ Created page with "<pre> AHAH Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:9–10; 11:10–11) It is tempting to relate this PN to Semitic “brother.” However, until Jaredite can be connected to a known, ancie..."
• 18:0618:06, 29 January 2011 diff hist +571‎ N AGOSH ‎ Created page with "<pre> AGOSH Jaredite GN Plains (Ether 14:15–16) Until it is demonstrated that the Jaredites came from an Ancient Near Eastern cultural background, proposals for Jaredite na..."
• 18:0418:04, 29 January 2011 diff hist +129‎ N ADAM ‎ Created page with "<pre>*ADAM Biblical PN First man (1 Nephi 5:11; Moroni 10:3) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 18:0318:03, 29 January 2011 diff hist +183‎ N ABRAHAM ‎ Created page with "<pre>*ABRAHAM Biblical PN Hebrew prophet and patriarch, possibly of the Middle Bronze Age (1 Nephi 6:4; Ether 13:11) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.<..."
• 18:0218:02, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,517‎ N ABLOM ‎ Created page with "<pre> ABLOM Jaredite GN Place by the sea, east of the hill Shim and east of Ramah (Cumorah) (Ether 9:3) Until it is demonstrated that the Jaredites came from a Semitic cul..."
• 18:0018:00, 29 January 2011 diff hist +2,313‎ N ABISH ‎ Created page with "<pre>ABISH Lehite PN Queen’s maid in the land of Ishmael (hence perhaps an Ishmaelitess), ca. 90 BC (Alma 19:16) The name can best be understood as ab-iš, with the mea..."
• 17:5917:59, 29 January 2011 diff hist +2,114‎ N ABINADOM ‎ Created page with "<pre> ABINADOM Lehite PN Historian and scribe, 3rd c. BC (Omni 10, 12) The meaning is not clear. If the name is to be divided into Abi-nadom the first element would translate..."
• 17:5717:57, 29 January 2011 diff hist +14‎ ABINADI ‎No edit summary
• 17:5417:54, 29 January 2011 diff hist +2,160‎ N AHA ‎ Created page with "<pre> AHA Lehite PN Military officer, son of Zoram, ca. 81 BC (Alma 16:5) Aha looks very much like a hypocoristicon from ʾaḥ, “brother,” with the hypocoristic ending ..."