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29 January 2011

• 22:2022:20, 29 January 2011 diff hist +152‎ N ENOS ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡ENOS Lehite PN Scribe, late 6th c. or early 5th c. BC (Jacob 7:27; Jarom 1:1) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 22:1922:19, 29 January 2011 diff hist +67‎ EMER ‎No edit summary
• 22:1922:19, 29 January 2011 diff hist +429‎ N EMRON ‎ Created page with "<pre>EMRON Lehite PN Soldier, 4th c. AD (Moroni 9:2) This PN may be a hypocoristicon of the Semitic vocabel אmr, “to speak,” and means “Word (of DN)” or “(DN) has s..."
• 22:1722:17, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,164‎ N EMER ‎ Created page with "<pre>EMER Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:28; 9:21) No etymology is suggested If ancient Mesopotamian languages may be appealed to, the following may be considered. There was a cit..."
• 22:1622:16, 29 January 2011 diff hist +141‎ N ELIJAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*ELIJAH Biblical PN Old Testament Prophet, ca. 900 BC (3 Nephi 25:5) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:1522:15, 29 January 2011 diff hist +160‎ N ELAM ‎ Created page with "<pre>*ELAM Biblical GN A country east of Babylonia, in the Iranian highlands (2 Nephi 21:11) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 22:1522:15, 29 January 2011 diff hist +180‎ N EGYPTIAN(S) ‎ Created page with "<pre>*EGYPTIAN(S) Biblical gentilic The people and language of EGYPT (1 Nephi 1:2; Mormon 9:32) Gentilic of EGYPT For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 22:1422:14, 29 January 2011 diff hist +164‎ N EGYPT ‎ Created page with "<pre>*EGYPT Biblical GN Country along the Nile River, in North Africa (1 Nephi 5:14; Ether 13:7) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 22:1322:13, 29 January 2011 diff hist +155‎ N EDOM ‎ Created page with "<pre>*EDOM Biblical GN A country in Mount Seir, southeast of the Dead Sea (2 Nephi 21:14) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries</pre>"
• 22:1222:12, 29 January 2011 diff hist +203‎ N EDEN ‎ Created page with "<pre>*EDEN Biblical GN Plain on the east side of which was the Garden of EDEN (2 Nephi 2:19; Alma 42:2) For the etymology see the standard bib..."
• 22:1022:10, 29 January 2011 diff hist +551‎ N DESOLATION OF NEHORS ‎ Created page with "<pre>DESOLATION OF NEHORS Lehite GN City/land formerly known as AMMONIHAH, which had been destroyed by the LAMANITES, ca. 78 BC (Alma 16:11), and noted ..."
• 22:0722:07, 29 January 2011 diff hist +171‎ N DESOLATION ‎ Created page with "<pre>DESOLATION Lehite GN City and Land, 1st c. BC (Alma 22:30; Ether 7:6) No reconstruction of a Vorlage is suggested. Cf. Book of Mormon DESOLATION of NEHORs </pre>"
• 22:0622:06, 29 January 2011 diff hist +868‎ N DESERET ‎ Created page with "<pre>DESERET Jaredite Noun “Honey-bee” (Ether 2:3) The Book of Mormon supplies its own meaning for this word. Since the Jaredite relationship with known languages has not..."
• 22:0422:04, 29 January 2011 diff hist +218‎ N DAVID ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡DAVID Lehite GN 1. Land, ca. 327 AD (Mormon 2:5) Biblical PN 2. King of ISRAEL (2 Nephi 17; Jacob 2:24) Biblical Hebrew dwd. DAVID the king. For the etymology see th..."
• 22:0422:04, 29 January 2011 diff hist +175‎ N DAMASCUS ‎ Created page with "<pre>*DAMASCUS Biblical GN An ancient city of SYRIA (2 Nephi 17:8; 20:9) Hebrew Dammāśeq (Genesis 14:15). For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 22:0222:02, 29 January 2011 diff hist +146‎ N CUSH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*CUSH Biblical GN The old name for the country of Ethiopia (2 Nephi 21:11) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 22:0122:01, 29 January 2011 diff hist +662‎ N CURELOMS ‎ Created page with "<pre>CURELOMS Jaredite noun Animals, listed with Cumoms and elephants (Ether 9:19) No etymology is suggested. Whatever fauna Cureloms were, three criteria delimit the Englis..."
• 22:0022:00, 29 January 2011 diff hist +7,199‎ N CUMORAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>CUMORAH Lehite GN Land and hill, also known as Ramah (q.v.), located in a land of many waters (Mormon 6:2; 8:2) Cumorah could be a verbal noun from the Hebrew root whenc..."
• 21:5221:52, 29 January 2011 diff hist +782‎ N CUMOMS ‎ Created page with "<pre>CUMOMS Jaredite noun Animals, listed with Cureloms and elephants (Ether 9:19) No etymology is suggested. Whatever fauna Cumoms were, three criteria delimit the English ..."
• 21:5121:51, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,052‎ N CUMENIHAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>CUMENIHAH Lehite PN General, ca. 385 AD (Mormon 6:14) See the suggestions for Cumeni and the discussion in the introduction concerning “-hah.” If Cumeni is also a P..."
• 21:4921:49, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,528‎ N CUMENI ‎ Created page with "<pre>CUMENI Lehite GN City, ca. 65 BC (Alma 56:14; 57:34) It is possible that this is also a personal name because of the fairly common Nephite combination of the PN ending ..."
• 21:4721:47, 29 January 2011 diff hist +595‎ N COROM ‎ Created page with "<pre>COROM Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:19–20; 10:16–17) No etymology is suggested. If Sumerian can provide Jaredite patterns, then perhaps the Sumerian PN kurum, king of U..."
• 21:4621:46, 29 January 2011 diff hist +436‎ N CORIHOR ‎ Created page with "<pre>CORIHOR Jaredite PN & GN 1. King, usurper (Ether 7:3; 7:15) 2. Soldier, ca. 700–600 BC (Ether 13:17) 3. Land and valley (Ether 14:27–28) No etymology for thi..."
• 21:4521:45, 29 January 2011 diff hist +725‎ N CORIANTUMR ‎ Created page with "<pre>CORIANTUMR Jaredite PNs 1. Prince (Ether 8:4) 2. King & last known Jaredite, 6th c. BC (Omni 21; Ether 15:32) Lehite PN 3. Nephite rebel, descendant of Zarahemla, ..."
• 21:4421:44, 29 January 2011 diff hist +352‎ N CORIANTUM ‎ Created page with "<pre>CORIANTUM Jaredite PNs 1. King (Ether 1:27–28; 9:21–24) 2. Prince (Ether 1:13–14; 10:31) No etymology is suggested for this Jaredite name. As was mentioned w..."
• 21:4321:43, 29 January 2011 diff hist +310‎ N CORIANTOR ‎ Created page with "<pre>CORIANTOR Jaredite PN Prince, father of Ether (Ether 1:6; 11:23) No etymology is suggested for this Jaredite name. As was mentioned with Corianton, feline etymology has..."
• 21:4221:42, 29 January 2011 diff hist +2,515‎ N CORIANTON ‎ Created page with "<pre>CORIANTON Lehite PN Son of Alma II, ca. 74 BC (Alma 31:7; 63:10) Because of the -nt- consonant cluster, it would be difficult to propose a West Semitic etymology. There ..."
• 21:4021:40, 29 January 2011 diff hist +343‎ N COMNOR ‎ Created page with "<pre>COMNOR Jaredite GN Hill (Ether 14:28) No etymology is suggested. As stated in the introduction, it is not productive to assign Semitic etymologies to Jaredite names. Ne..."
• 21:3921:39, 29 January 2011 diff hist +729‎ N COM ‎ Created page with "<pre>COM Jaredite PN 1. King (Ether 1:26–27; 9:25) 2. King (Ether 1:12–13; 11:3) No etymology is suggested. It is possible that a Semitic root such as qūm, “to ..."
• 21:3821:38, 29 January 2011 diff hist +174‎ N COHOR ‎ Created page with "<pre>COHOR Jaredite PN 1. Prince, son of Corihor (Ether 7:15) 2. Prince, nephew of No. 1 (Ether 7:20–22) 3. Man (Ether 13:17) No etymology is suggested. </pre>"
• 21:3621:36, 29 January 2011 diff hist +178‎ N CHRISTIANS ‎ Created page with "<pre>*CHRISTIANS Biblical gentilic (NT) Name for the followers of Christ (Alma 46:13; 48:10) Gentilic of christ For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 21:3521:35, 29 January 2011 diff hist +145‎ N CHRIST ‎ Created page with "<pre>*CHRIST Biblical DN The Messiah of the world (2 Nephi 10:3; Moroni 10:33) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 21:3521:35, 29 January 2011 diff hist +158‎ N CHERUBIM ‎ Created page with "<pre>*CHERUBIM Biblical noun Figures representing heavenly creatures (Alma 12:21; 42:2–3) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 21:3421:34, 29 January 2011 diff hist +4,030‎ N CHEMISH ‎ Created page with "<pre>CHEMISH Lehite PN Nephite son of OMNI, the brother of AMARON, and father of ABINADOM; 3rd century B.C. (Omni 8–10). Even though this could be taken as the name of a ..."
• 21:3121:31, 29 January 2011 diff hist +154‎ N CHALDEES ‎ Created page with "<pre>*CHALDEES Biblical gentilic Group of the same race as the Assyrians (2 Nephi 23:19) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 21:3021:30, 29 January 2011 diff hist +159‎ N CHALDEANS ‎ Created page with "<pre>*CHALDEANS Biblical gentilic Group of the same race as the Assyrians (1 Nephi 20:14, 20) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 21:2921:29, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,178‎ N CEZORAM ‎ Created page with "<pre>CEZORAM Lehite PN Chief judge, ca. 30–26 BC (Helaman 5:1; 6:19) This form could be related to the other Book of Mormon names Zoram, Zeram, Seezoram, Esrom, Ezrom (an a..."
• 21:2821:28, 29 January 2011 diff hist +146‎ N CARCHEMISH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*CARCHEMISH Biblical GN A town on the bank of the Euphrates (2 Nephi 20:9) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 21:2721:27, 29 January 2011 diff hist +126‎ N CALNO ‎ Created page with "<pre>*CALNO Biblical GN A place in Palestine (2 Nephi 20:9) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 21:2621:26, 29 January 2011 diff hist +133‎ N CAIN ‎ Created page with "<pre>*CAIN Biblical PN The son of Adam (Helaman 6:27; Ether 8:15) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 21:2521:25, 29 January 2011 diff hist +968‎ N BOUNTIFUL ‎ Created page with "<pre>BOUNTIFUL Lehite GN 1. A place probably on the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 17:5–7) 2. City and land, 1st c. BC–ca. 30 AD (Alma..."
• 21:2321:23, 29 January 2011 diff hist +299‎ N BOAZ ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡BOAZ Lehite GN City north of Desolation, ca. 375 AD (Mormon 4:20) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. Notes This name is known from the biblic..."
• 21:2221:22, 29 January 2011 diff hist +146‎ N BETHABARA ‎ Created page with "<pre>*BETHABARA Biblical GN The place where John baptized Christ (1 Nephi 10:9) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 21:2121:21, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,260‎ N BENJAMIN ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡BENJAMIN Lehite PN Son of Mosiah I, prophet-king in Zarahemla, ca. 200–121 BC (Omni 23; Helaman 5:9) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. Note..."
• 21:2021:20, 29 January 2011 diff hist +1,594‎ N BATH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*BATH Biblical noun Liquid capacity-measure (2 Nephi 15:10) Hebrew bat “bath-measure” (1 Kings 7:26, 38, Ezekiel 45:10-14, Ezra 7:22) 2 Nephi 15:10 ǁ Isaiah 5:10 (ba..."
• 21:1821:18, 29 January 2011 diff hist +141‎ N BASHAN ‎ Created page with "<pre>*BASHAN Biblical GN The district assigned to Manasseh (2 Nephi 12:13) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
• 21:1621:16, 29 January 2011 diff hist +144‎ N BABYLON ‎ Created page with "<pre>*BABYLON Biblical GN The capital of Babylonia (1 Nephi 1:13; Omni 1:15) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
• 21:1121:11, 29 January 2011 diff hist +389‎ Participant Contact Information ‎No edit summary
• 20:5220:52, 29 January 2011 diff hist +18‎ N Preface ‎ Created page with "<pre>Preface</pre>"
• 20:5020:50, 29 January 2011 diff hist +19‎ N Foreword ‎ Created page with "<pre>Foreword</pre>"