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31 January 2011

  • 15:1515:15, 31 January 2011 diff hist +423‎ N MAHONRI ‎ Created page with "<pre>MAHONRI Jaredite PN This name is not found in the Book of Mormon but is mentioned as the name of the “brother of Jared” in George Reynolds, Era 8, 705 and Alma P. Bur..."
  • 15:1315:13, 31 January 2011 diff hist +138‎ N MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ Biblical PN Son of Isaiah (2 Nephi 18:1, 3) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
  • 15:1215:12, 31 January 2011 diff hist +411‎ N MAHAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>MAHAH Jaredite PN Son of Jared (Ether 6:14) No etymology is suggested. It is doubtful that the biblical PNs Maachah and Maacah (though the spelling is different in Engl..."
  • 15:1115:11, 31 January 2011 diff hist +128‎ N MADMENAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*MADMENAH Biblical PN A town in Benjamin (2 Nephi 20:31) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
  • 15:1015:10, 31 January 2011 diff hist 0‎ LURAM ‎No edit summary
  • 15:1015:10, 31 January 2011 diff hist +671‎ N LURAM ‎ Created page with "<pre>LURAM Lehite PN Soldier, 4th c. AD (Moroni 9:2) No etymology is suggested. Most unlikely is Sumerian lu “man” plus Akkadian rām “exalted,” because ancient Nea..."
  • 15:0915:09, 31 January 2011 diff hist +329‎ N LUCIFER ‎ Created page with "<pre>*LUCIFER Biblical PN Name of Satan before he fell (2 Nephi 24:12) Note that “Lucifer” is not a transliterated Hebrew word but rather is the Latin interpretation of th..."
  • 15:0715:07, 31 January 2011 diff hist −1‎ LIMNAH ‎No edit summary
  • 15:0115:01, 31 January 2011 diff hist +14,861‎ N LIMNAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>LIMNAH Lehite noun Largest Nephite gold-measure, equivalent in value to one silver ONTI (Alma 11:5,10). Since the Book of Mormon was apparently written in Egyptian script..."
  • 14:5314:53, 31 January 2011 diff hist +735‎ N LIMHI ‎ Created page with "<pre>LIMHI Lehite PN King of LehiNephi, son of Noah, 4th c. BC (Mosiah 7:9; Ether 15:33) The element lim (see Limhah) may be present in this name. However, more likely is an..."
  • 14:5214:52, 31 January 2011 diff hist +635‎ N LIMHER ‎ Created page with "<pre>LIMHER Lehite PN Soldier and spy, ca. 87 BC (Alma 2:22) Perhaps this is an infinitive of mhr, “hasten,” with preposition l (RFS). Though some think this unlikely as ..."
  • 14:5114:51, 31 January 2011 diff hist +2,234‎ N LIMHAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>LIMHAH Lehite PN General, 4th c. AD (Mormon 6:14) Like Lamah, Limhah may be related to the biblical PN Lamech (JH). Much less likely is a derivation analyzed as Limiah ..."
  • 14:5014:50, 31 January 2011 diff hist +1,282‎ N LIB ‎ Created page with "<pre>LIB Jaredite PN 1. King (Ether 1:17–18; 10:18–19, 29) 2. Usurper (Ether 14:10–17) No etymology is suggested. If Semitic languages may be used to explain the J..."
  • 14:4814:48, 31 January 2011 diff hist +3,138‎ N LIAHONA ‎ Created page with "<pre>LIAHONA Lehite noun Directional device given to Lehi by the Lord, ca. 600 BC. It is described as a “ball” (1 Nephi 16:10), called a “director” (Mosiah 1:16) and a..."
  • 14:4214:42, 31 January 2011 diff hist +702‎ N LEVI ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡LEVI Jaredite PN 1. King (Ether 1:20–21; 10; 14–15) Biblical PN 2. Son of Jacob (3 Nephi 24:3) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. In vi..."
  • 14:4014:40, 31 January 2011 diff hist +108‎ N LEMUELITES ‎ Created page with "<pre>LEMUELITES Lehite gentilic Descendants of Lemuel (Jacob 1:13; Mormon 1:9) Gentilic of lemuel </pre>"
  • 14:3914:39, 31 January 2011 diff hist +609‎ N LEMUEL ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡LEMUEL Lehite PN & GN 1. Son of Lehi I, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 2:5; Alma 43:13) 2. Valley near the borders of the Red Sea, named after Lehi’s son, ca. 600 BC (1 Neph..."
  • 14:3414:34, 31 January 2011 diff hist +217‎ N LEHONTI ‎ Created page with "<pre>LEHONTI Lehite PN Rebel leader, ca. 73 BC (Alma 47:10–14, 18–19) No etymology immediately suggests itself. Unlikely is Hebrew *ḥnṭ, “ripen, embalm.” Cf. ..."
  • 14:3314:33, 31 January 2011 diff hist +869‎ N LEHINEPHI ‎ Created page with "<pre>LEHINEPHI Lehite GN Land and city, ca. 121 BC (Mosiah 7:1; 9:8) It is assumed that this city was identical to the city formerly known simply as Nephi, which had been s..."
  • 14:3214:32, 31 January 2011 diff hist −5‎ LEHI ‎No edit summary
  • 14:3114:31, 31 January 2011 diff hist +3,762‎ N LEHI ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡LEHI Lehite PN & GN 1. Jerusalemite prophet who fled to the New World ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 1:4; Ether 13:5) 2. Son of Zoram, possibly a Zoramite, ca. 81 BC (Alma 1..."
  • 14:2814:28, 31 January 2011 diff hist +157‎ N LEBANON ‎ Created page with "<pre>*LEBANON Biblical GN A land in the extreme north of Palestine (2 Nephi 12:13; 27:28) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries. </pre>"
  • 14:2714:27, 31 January 2011 diff hist +378‎ N LEAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡LEAH Lehite noun Silver currency, ca. 82 BC (Alma 11:17) Perhaps related to the same root as the biblical PN Leah, which some *dictionaries derive from lʾh, “to b..."
  • 14:2714:27, 31 January 2011 diff hist +718‎ N LAMONI ‎ Created page with "<pre>LAMONI Lehite PN King of land of Ishmael, 1st c. BC (Alma 17:21; Alma 24:5) This name is not immediately suggestive of an etymology. Perhaps something like the root sug..."
  • 14:2514:25, 31 January 2011 diff hist +151‎ N LAMANITISH ‎ Created page with "<pre>LAMANITISH Lehite gentilic Gentilic of Laman, used to describe people (Alma 17:26; 19:16) Gentilic of laman Cf. Book of Mormon Lamoni </pre>"
  • 14:2414:24, 31 January 2011 diff hist +196‎ N LAMANITE(S) ‎ Created page with "<pre>LAMANITE(S) Lehite gentilic Descendants of group led by Laman no. 1 (2 Nephi 5:14; Moroni 10:1) Gentilic of laman See also Book of Mormon LAMANITISH and cf. Book of Mo..."
  • 14:2314:23, 31 January 2011 diff hist +1,074‎ N LAMAN ‎ Created page with "<pre>LAMAN Lehite PN & GN 1. Son of Lehi, ca. 600 BC (1 Nephi 2:5; Alma 56:3) 2. King of Lamanites, 2nd c. BC (Mosiah 7:21; 10:18) 3. King of Lamanites, perhaps son of N..."
  • 14:2114:21, 31 January 2011 diff hist +743‎ N LAMAH ‎ Created page with "<pre>LAMAH Lehite PN General, 4th c. AD (Mormon 6:14) The need for the *critical text here is clear, because the RLDS edition has Lama. This Book of Mormon PN could easily ..."
  • 14:2014:20, 31 January 2011 diff hist +128‎ N LAISH ‎ Created page with "<pre>*LAISH Biblical GN A place in Palestine (2 Nephi 20:30) For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.</pre>"
  • 14:2014:20, 31 January 2011 diff hist +862‎ N LACHONEUS ‎ Created page with "<pre>LACHONEUS Lehite PN 1. Prophet/Judge, ca. 6 BC (3 Nephi 1:1; 6:19) 2. Judge, son of No. 1, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 6:19) It is possible that the name is Greek and mean..."
  • 14:1914:19, 31 January 2011 diff hist +346‎ N LABAN ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡LABAN Lehite PN Inhabitant of Jerusalem, descended from Joseph (1 Nephi 3:3; Mosiah 1:16) This is also a biblical name (Genesis 24–32 passim). For the etymology see..."
  • 14:1814:18, 31 January 2011 diff hist +348‎ N KUMENONHI ‎ Created page with "<pre>KUMENONHI Lehite PN Apostle, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 19:4) This name appears to be an expanded form of the previous name, Kumen, for which see the same. The element -onhi re..."
  • 14:1714:17, 31 January 2011 diff hist +1,151‎ N KUMEN ‎ Created page with "<pre>KUMEN Lehite PN Apostle, 1st c. AD (3 Nephi 19:4) Several North-west Semitic etymologies are possible, though none of them are convincing. Hebrew kmn, meaning “to hid..."
  • 14:1614:16, 31 January 2011 diff hist +1,307‎ N KORIHOR ‎ Created page with "<pre>KORIHOR Lehite PN AntiChrist, ca. 75 BC (Alma 30:12; 31:1) The fact that there is a Jaredite PN Corihor makes it likely that the Lehite name was borrowed from the Jared..."
  • 14:1514:15, 31 January 2011 diff hist +743‎ N KISHKUMEN ‎ Created page with "<pre>KISHKUMEN Lehite PN & GN 1. Gadianton leader and assassin, ca. 51 BC (Helaman 1:9; 6:24) 2. City, ca. 30 AD (3 Nephi 9:10) At first glance this name looks like it mi..."
  • 14:1414:14, 31 January 2011 diff hist +550‎ N KISH ‎ Created page with "<pre>‡KISH Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:18; 10:18) The name Kish is known from several ancient Near Eastern sources: the biblical PN qīš (JAT), the Sumerian GN Kish, *Akkadi..."
  • 14:1214:12, 31 January 2011 diff hist +133‎ N KIMNOR ‎ Created page with "<pre>KIMNOR Jaredite PN Father of Akish (Ether 8:10) No etymology is suggested. Cf. Book of Mormon Kim, Comnor, Gimgimno </pre>"
  • 14:1214:12, 31 January 2011 diff hist +126‎ N KIM ‎ Created page with "<pre>KIM Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:21–22; 10:13) No etymology is suggested. Cf. Book of Mormon Kimnor, Gimgimno </pre>"
  • 14:1114:11, 31 January 2011 diff hist +147‎ N KIB ‎ Created page with "<pre>KIB Jaredite PN King (Ether 1:31; 7:9) No etymology is suggested. See the Hurrian name element kib (RFS) and Meroitic kb (SC, 194).</pre>"

30 January 2011

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