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29 January 2011

  • 23:3823:38, 29 January 2011 diff hist +2,672 N IRREANTUMCreated page with "<pre>IRREANTUM Lehite GN Sea, most likely off the Arabian coast, meaning “many waters” (1 Nephi 17:5) The best suggestion for an etymology comes from Egyptian, r3-ʿnty..."
  • 23:3523:35, 29 January 2011 diff hist +139 N IMMANUELCreated page with "<pre>*IMMANUEL Biblical DN Name-title for Christ (2 Nephi 17:14; 18:8) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
  • 23:3423:34, 29 January 2011 diff hist +162 N HOSANNACreated page with "<pre>*HOSANNA Biblical noun (NT) Entreaty for blessings (1 Nephi 11:6; 3 Nephi 11:17) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
  • 23:3323:33, 29 January 2011 diff hist +130 N HOREBCreated page with "<pre>*HOREB Biblical GN Another name for Sinai (3 Nephi 25:4) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
  • 23:3223:32, 29 January 2011 diff hist +163 N HOMERCreated page with "<pre>*HOMER Biblical noun A measure used for dry substances, equal to 10 ephahs (2 Nephi 15:10) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
  • 23:3123:31, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,169 N HIMNICreated page with "<pre>HIMNI Lehite PN Son of Mosiah II, ca. 93 BC (Mosiah 27:34; Alma 31:6) This PN is constructed along the lines of many North-west Semitic names, such as biblical Hebrew Z..."
  • 23:3023:30, 29 January 2011 diff hist +508 N HETHCreated page with "<pre>‡HETH Jaredite PN & GN 1. Prince (Ether 1:16; 10:31) 2. King, robber (Ether 1:25–26, 10:1) 3. Land (Ether 8:2) The biblical Hebrew PN Heth, son of Canaan, is ..."
  • 23:2823:28, 29 January 2011 diff hist +647 N HESHLONCreated page with "<pre>HESHLON Jaredite GN Plains north of Desolation, near the valley of Gilgal, where Shared defeated Coriantumr in battle (Ether 13:28) No etymology is suggested. If Hebrew ..."
  • 23:2723:27, 29 January 2011 diff hist +851 N HERMOUNTSCreated page with "<pre>HERMOUNTS Lehite GN Wilderness, ca. ___ (Alma 2:37) A Hebrew and an Egyptian etymology are possible. Biblical Mount Herman, if the -ts and the change in vowel quality c..."
  • 23:2523:25, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,336 N HEMCreated page with "<pre>HEM Lehite PN Accompanied the Mulekite Ammon in search of Nephi, ca. 122 BC. It may be that the name is Mulekite, if the term “brethren” here is to be taken literally..."
  • 23:2323:23, 29 January 2011 diff hist +155 N HELORUMCreated page with "<pre>HELORUM Lehite PN Son of King Benjamin, ca. ___BC (Mosiah 1:2) No etymology is suggested at this time. Cf. Book of Mormon Yarom (Jarom?).</pre>"
  • 23:2223:22, 29 January 2011 diff hist +261 N HELEMCreated page with "<pre>‡HELEM Lehite PN Accompanied the Mulekite Ammon in search of Nephi, ca. 122 BC (Mosiah 7:6) See the standard biblical commentaries for the etymology of this biblical PN..."
  • 23:2123:21, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,528 N HELAMANCreated page with "<pre>HELAMAN Lehite PN 1. Son of King Benjamin, ca. ___BC (Mosiah 1:2) 2. Son of Alma II, prophet, military commander, ca. ___BC (Alma 31:7; Helaman 2:2) 3. Son of He..."
  • 23:1923:19, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,341 N HELAMCreated page with "<pre>‡HELAM Lehite PN & GN 1. Convert of Alma I in the land of LehiNephi, ca. 145 BC (Mosiah 18:12–14) 2. City and land founded by followers of Alma I, 2nd c. BC (Mosia..."
  • 23:1723:17, 29 January 2011 diff hist +536 N HEARTHOMCreated page with "<pre>HEARTHOM Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:16–17, 10:29–30) No etymology is suggested. Various suggestions have been made, none of which are convincing: Old Akkadian (Ur II..."
  • 23:1623:16, 29 January 2011 diff hist +140 N HAMATHCreated page with "<pre>*HAMATH Biblical GN An important city of Syria (2 Nephi 20:9; 21:11) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries </pre>"
  • 23:1523:15, 29 January 2011 diff hist +2,626 N HAGOTHCreated page with "<pre>HAGOTH Lehite PN Shipbuilder near the lands Bountiful and Desolation who launched the ships at the west side of the narrow neck of land ca. 55 BC (Alma 63:5) There are ..."
  • 23:1323:13, 29 January 2011 diff hist +201 N GOMORRAHCreated page with "<pre>GOMORRAH Biblical GN A wicked city that was destroyed (2 Nephi 23:19 ‖ Isaiah 13:19) Hebrew ‘ămōrā = LXX Greek gomoppa. For the etymology see the standard biblica..."
  • 23:1223:12, 29 January 2011 diff hist +345 N GIMGIMNOCreated page with "<pre>GIMGIMNO Lehite GN City, ca. 1st century AD (3 Nephi 9:8) Perhaps the name comes from the EGYPTIAN gmgm, “smash, tear up, break trees,” and nw, “city,” to be comp..."
  • 23:1123:11, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,720 N GILGALCreated page with "<pre>GILGAL Jaredite GN Valley near the Plains of HESHLON and north of the narrow neck of land (Ether 13:27, 29, 30) Lehite GN City which was swallowed by the earth ca..."
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