Among the most numerous prefixes found in Book of Mormon proper names, are Am, Anti, Gid and Hel, of which the first is by far the most frequent. We find Am in Ammon, Amaron, Ammaron, Ammoron, Amoron, Amulon, Amnor, Ammonihah, Amalickiah, Amnah, Amlici, Aminadi, etc.; Anti in Antionah, Antiomno, Antipas, Antipus, Antionum and Anti-Nephi-Lehi. It was also used as a suffix, an Ani-Anti. The prefix Gid we find in Giddianhi, Gidgiddoni, Giddonah and Gidgidonah; and Hel in Helem, Helam, Helaman and Helorum.
Not to make this portion of our investigations tedious, we will only give two or three examples of the suffixes that appear to have been most in use.
- ah, as Zerahamnah, Giddonah, Cumorah.
- am, as Zoram, Lauram, Seezoram.
- iah, as Amalickiah, Mosiah.
- ihah, as Nephihah, Moronihah, Cumenihah.
- om, as Sidom, Shiblom, Jarom.
- on, as Mormon, Emron, Corianton.
- or, as Amnor, Korihor, Nehor.
- en, as Kumen, Kishkumen.
- um, as Teancum, Helorum, Moriantum.
- us, as Antipus, Archaentus, Lachoneus.
- oni, Moroni, Lamoni, Mathoni.
- di, Aminadi, Abinadi.
- hi, as Nephi, Zenephi, Limhi.
- ti, Lehonti, Manti.
- doni, [23] as Gidgiddoni, Middoni.
FOOTNOTES:
[22] The name Lehi itself, is to found in Judges xv., 9.
[23] We suggest that this is a form of the Hebrew word Adonai—Lord.
CHAPTER LXV.
THE LANDS OF THE NEPHITES—MULEK AND LEHI—ZARAHEMLA AND NEPHI—THE WILDERNESS—THE LAND OF FIRST INHERITANCE—THE JOURNEYS NORTHWARD—THE WATERS OF MORMON—LEHI-NEPHI.