Pronunciation Guide
Following are suggestions for pronouncing Book of Mormon names and terms. This guide is provided to assist the reader and is not intended as an authoritative source on how these names were pronounced originally.
Key
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a |
about |
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ă |
ask, pat, map |
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ā |
able, bake, way |
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ä |
alms, father, call |
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ĕ |
ebb, met, second |
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ē |
eat, mete, me |
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er |
permit |
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ĭ |
it, him, mirror |
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ī |
idle, fine, deny |
|
ō |
over, bone, know |
|
ou |
about |
|
u |
jump |
|
ū |
rule, boot, two |
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Aaron |
ĕrʹan |
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Abel |
āʹbul |
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Abinadi |
a-bĭnʹa-dī |
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Abinadom |
a-bĭnʹa-dum |
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Abish |
āʹbĭsh |
|
Ablom |
ăbʹlum |
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Abraham |
āʹbra-hăm |
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Adam |
ădʹum |
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Agosh |
āʹgäsh |
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Aha |
āʹhä |
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Ahah |
āʹhä |
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Ahaz |
āʹhăz |
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Aiath |
īʹuth |
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Akish |
āʹkĭsh |
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Alma |
ălʹma |
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Alpha |
ălʹfa |
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Amaleki |
a-mălʹa-kī |
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Amalekite |
a-mălʹa-kīt |
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Amalickiah |
a-mălʹa-kīʹa |
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Amalickiahite |
a-mălʹa-kīʹa-īt |
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Amaron |
a-māʹrän |
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Amgid |
ămʹgĭd |
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Aminadab |
a-mĭnʹa-dăb |
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Aminadi |
a-mĭnʹa-dī |
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Amlici |
ămʹlĭ-sī |
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Amlicite |
ămʹlĭ-sīt |
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Ammah |
ămʹmä |
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Ammaron |
ămʹa-rän |
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Ammon |
ămʹun |
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Ammonihah |
ăm-a-nīʹhä |
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Ammonihahite |
ăm-a-nīʹhä-īt |
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Ammonite |
ămʹa-nīt |
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Ammoron |
ămʹōr-än |
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Amnigaddah |
ăm-nĭ-gădʹä |
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Amnihu |
ăm-nīʹhū |
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Amnor |
ămʹnōr |
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Amoron |
a-mōrʹän |
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Amos |
āʹmus |
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Amoz |
āʹmuz |
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Amulek |
ămʹyū-lĕk |
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Amulon |
ămʹyū-län |
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Amulonites |
ămʹya-länʹīts |
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Anathoth |
ănʹa-tōth |
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Angola |
ăn-gōʹla |
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Ani-Anti |
ănʹī–ănʹtī |
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Anti-Nephi-Lehi |
ănʹtī–nēʹfī–lēʹhī |
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Anti-Nephi-Lehies |
ănʹtī–nēʹfī–lēʹhīz |
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Antiomno |
ăn-tē-ämʹnō |
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Antion |
ănʹtē-än |
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Antionah |
ăn-tē-änʹa |
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Antionum |
ăn-tē-ōʹnum |
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Antiparah |
ăn-tĭ-pärʹa |
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Antipas |
ănʹtĭ-päs |
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Antipus |
ănʹtĭ-pus |
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Antum |
ănʹtum |
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Archeantus |
är-kē-ănʹtus |
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Arpad |
ärʹpăd |
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Assyria |
a-sĭrʹē-a |
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Babylon |
băbʹĭ-län |
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Bashan |
bāʹshän |
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Benjamin |
bĕnʹja-mĭn |
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Bethabara |
bĕth-ăbʹa-ra |
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Boaz |
bōʹăz |
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Bountiful |
bounʹtĭ-ful |
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Cain |
kān |
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Calno |
kălʹnō |
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Carchemish |
kär-kĕmʹĭsh |
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Cezoram |
sē-zōrʹum |
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Chaldeans |
kăl-dēʹunz |
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Chaldees |
kăl-dēzʹ |
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Chemish |
kĕmʹĭsh |
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Cherubim |
chĕrʹa-bĭm |
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Cohor |
kōʹhōr |
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Com |
kōm |
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Comnor |
kōmʹnōr |
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Corianton |
kōr-ē-ănʹtun |
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Coriantor |
kōr-ē-ănʹtōr |
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Coriantum |
kōr-ē-ănʹtum |
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Coriantumr |
kōr-ē-ănʹta-mer |
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Corihor |
kōrʹĭ-hōr |
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Corom |
kōrʹum |
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Cumeni |
kūʹma-nī |
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Cumenihah |
kū-ma-nīʹhä |
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Cumom |
kūʹmum |
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Cumorah |
ka-mōrʹa |
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Curelom |
kū-rēʹlum |
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Deseret |
dĕz-a-rĕtʹ |
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Desolation |
dĕs-ō-lāʹshun |
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Edom |
ēʹdum |
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Egypt |
ēʹjĭpt |
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Egyptian |
ē-jĭpʹshun |
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Elam |
ēʹlum |
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Elijah |
ē-līʹja |
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Emer |
ēʹmer |
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Emron |
ĕmʹrän |
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Enos |
ēʹnus |
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Ephah |
ēʹfä |
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Ephraim |
ēʹfrĕm or ēʹfrum |
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Esrom |
ĕzʹrum |
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Ethem |
ēʹthum |
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Ether |
ēʹther |
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Eve |
ēv |
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Ezias |
ē-zīʹus |
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Ezrom |
ĕzʹrum |
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Gad |
găd |
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Gadiandi |
găd-ē-ănʹdī |
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Gadianton |
găd-ē-ănʹtun |
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Gadiomnah |
găd-ē-ämʹna |
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Gallim |
gălʹĭm |
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Gazelem |
ga-zāʹlĭm |
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Geba |
gēʹba |
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Gebim |
gēʹbĭm |
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Gibeah |
gĭbʹē-a |
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Gid |
gĭd |
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Giddianhi |
gĭd-ē-ănʹhī |
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Giddonah |
gĭd-dōʹnä |
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Gideon |
gĭdʹē-un |
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Gidgiddonah |
gĭd-gĭd-dōʹnä |
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Gidgiddoni |
gĭd-gĭd-dōʹnī |
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Gilead |
gĭlʹē-ud |
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Gilgah |
gĭlʹgä |
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Gilgal |
gĭlʹgäl |
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Gimgimno |
gĭm-gĭmʹnō |
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Gomorrah |
ga-mōrʹa |
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Hagoth |
hāʹgäth |
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Hamath |
hāʹmuth |
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Hearthom |
hē-ärʹthum |
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Helam |
hēʹlum |
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Helaman |
hēʹla-mun |
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Helem |
hēʹlĕm |
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Helorum |
hē-lōrʹum |
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Hem |
hĕm |
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Hermounts |
herʹmounts |
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Heshlon |
hĕshʹlän |
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Heth |
hĕth |
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Himni |
hĭmʹnī |
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Horeb |
hōrʹĕb |
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Immanuel |
ĭm-mănʹyū-ĕl |
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Irreantum |
ĭ-rē-ănʹtum |
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Isaac |
īʹzĭk |
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Isabel |
ĭzʹa-bĕl |
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Isaiah |
ī-zāʹa |
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Ishmael |
ĭshʹmul or ĭshʹmĕl |
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Ishmaelite |
ĭshʹmul-īt or ĭshʹmĕl-īt |
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Israel |
ĭzʹrĕl or ĭzʹrul |
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Israelite |
ĭzʹrĕl-īt or ĭzʹrul-īt |
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Jacob |
jāʹkub |
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Jacobite |
jāʹkub-īt |
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Jacobugath |
jāʹka-būʹgăth |
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Jacom |
jāʹkum |
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Jared |
jĕrʹud |
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Jaredite |
jĕrʹa-dīt |
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Jarom |
jĕrʹum |
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Jashon |
jāʹshän |
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Jeberechiah |
jĕb-a-ra-kīʹa |
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Jehovah |
jē-hōʹva |
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Jeneum |
jĕnʹē-um |
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Jeremiah |
jĕr-a-mīʹa |
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Jershon |
jĕrʹshän |
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Jerusalem |
ja-rūʹsa-lĕm |
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Jesse |
jĕsʹē |
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Jew |
jū |
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John |
jän |
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Jonas |
jōʹnus |
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Jordan |
jōrʹdun |
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Joseph |
jōʹzĕf |
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Josephite |
jōʹzĕf-īt |
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Josh |
jäsh |
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Joshua |
jäshʹū-wa |
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Jotham |
jōʹthum |
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Judah |
jūʹda |
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Judea |
jū-dēʹa |
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Kib |
kĭb |
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Kim |
kĭm |
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Kimnor |
kĭmʹnōr |
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Kish |
kĭsh |
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Kishkumen |
kĭsh-kūʹmun |
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Korihor |
kōʹrĭ-hōr |
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Kumen |
kūʹmun |
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Kumenonhi |
kūʹma-nänʹhī |
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Laban |
lāʹbun |
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Lachoneus |
la-kōʹnē-us |
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Laish |
lāʹĭsh |
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Lamah |
lāʹmä |
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Laman |
lāʹmun |
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Lamanite |
lāʹmun-īt |
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Lamoni |
la-mōʹnī |
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Lebanon |
lĕbʹa-nän |
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Lehi |
lēʹhī |
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Lehi-Nephi |
lēʹhī–nēʹfī |
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Lehonti |
lē-hänʹtī |
|
Lemuel |
lĕmʹyūl |
|
Lemuelite |
lĕmʹyūl-īt |
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Levi |
lēʹvī |
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Liahona |
lēʹa-hōʹna |
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Lib |
lĭb |
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Limhah |
lĭmʹhä |
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Limher |
lĭmʹher |
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Limhi |
lĭmʹhī |
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Limnah |
lĭmʹnä |
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Luram |
lūrʹum |
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Madmenah |
măd-mĕnʹa |
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Mahah |
māʹhä |
|
Maher-shalal-hash-baz |
māʹher–shăl-ăl–hăshʹbäz |
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Malachi |
mălʹa-kī |
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Manasseh |
ma-năsʹa |
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Manti |
mănʹtī |
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Mary |
mĕʹrē |
|
Mathoni |
ma-thōʹnī |
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Mathonihah |
măth-ō-nīʹhä |
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Medes |
mēdz |
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Melchizedek |
mĕl-kĭzʹa-dĭk |
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Melek |
mēʹlĕk |
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Michmash |
mĭkʹmăsh |
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Middoni |
mĭd-dōʹnī |
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Midian |
mĭdʹē-un |
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Migron |
mīʹgrän |
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Minon |
mīʹnän |
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Moab |
mōʹăb |
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Mocum |
mōʹkum |
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Moriancumer |
mōr-ē-ănʹka-mer |
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Morianton |
mōr-ē-ănʹtun |
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Moriantum |
mōr-ē-ănʹtum |
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Mormon |
mōrʹmun |
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Moron |
mōrʹun |
|
Moroni |
mō-rōʹnī |
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Moronihah |
mō-rō-nīʹhä |
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Moses |
mōʹzus |
|
Mosiah |
mō-sīʹa or mō-zīʹa |
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Mulek |
myūʹlĕk |
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Muloki |
myūʹla-kī |
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Nahom |
nāʹhum |
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Naphtali |
năfʹta-lī |
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Nazareth |
năzʹa-rĕth |
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Neas |
nēʹäs |
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Nehor |
nēʹhōr |
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Nephi |
nēʹfī |
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Nephihah |
nē-fīʹhä |
|
Nephite |
nēʹfīt |
|
Neum |
nēʹum |
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Nimrah |
nĭmʹrä |
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Nimrod |
nĭmʹräd |
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Noah |
nōʹa |
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Ogath |
ōʹgăth |
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Omega |
ō-māʹga |
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Omer |
ōʹmer |
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Omner |
ämʹner |
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Omni |
ämʹnī |
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Onidah |
ō-nīʹda |
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Onihah |
ō-nīʹhä |
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Onti |
änʹtī |
|
Ophir |
ōʹfer |
|
Oreb |
ōrʹĕb |
|
Orihah |
ō-rīʹhä |
|
Paanchi |
pā-ănʹkī |
|
Pachus |
pāʹkus |
|
Pacumeni |
pā-kyūʹmĕn-ī |
|
Pagag |
pāʹgäg |
|
Pahoran |
pa-hōrʹun |
|
Palestina |
păl-a-stīʹna |
|
Pathros |
pāʹthrōs |
|
Pekah |
pēʹkä |
|
Pharaoh |
fāʹrō or fĕʹrō |
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Philistine |
fĭlʹa-stēn |
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Rabbanah |
ra-bănʹa |
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Rahab |
rāʹhăb |
|
Ramah |
räʹmä |
|
Ramath |
rāʹmuth |
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Rameumptom |
răm-ē-umpʹtum |
|
Remaliah |
rĕm-a-līʹa |
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Rezin |
rēʹzĭn |
|
Riplah |
rĭpʹlä |
|
Riplakish |
rĭp-lāʹkĭsh |
|
Ripliancum |
rĭp-lē-ănʹkum |
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Salem |
sāʹlĕm |
|
Sam |
săm |
|
Samaria |
sa-mĕrʹē-a |
|
Samuel |
sămʹyū-ĕl |
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Sarah |
sĕrʹa |
|
Sariah |
sa-rīʹa |
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Saul |
säl |
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Seantum |
sē-ănʹtum |
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Sebus |
sēʹbus |
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Seezoram |
sē-zōrʹum |
|
Senine |
sēʹnīn |
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Senum |
sēʹnum |
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Seraphim |
sĕrʹa-fĭm |
|
Seth |
sĕth |
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Shared |
shāʹrud |
|
Shazer |
shāʹzer |
|
Shearjashub |
shĭr-jāʹshub |
|
Shelem |
shēʹlĕm |
|
Shem |
shĕm |
|
Shemlon |
shĕmʹlän |
|
Shemnon |
shĕmʹnän |
|
Sherem |
shĕrʹum |
|
Sherrizah |
shĕr-īʹza |
|
Sheum |
shēʹum |
|
Shez |
shĕz |
|
Shiblom |
shĭbʹlum |
|
Shiblon |
shĭbʹlun |
|
Shiblum |
shĭbʹlum |
|
Shiloah |
shī-lōʹa |
|
Shilom |
shīʹlum |
|
Shim |
shĭm |
|
Shimnilom |
shĭm-nīʹläm |
|
Shinar |
shīʹnär |
|
Shiz |
shĭz |
|
Shule |
shūl |
|
Shum |
shum |
|
Shurr |
sher |
|
Sidom |
sīʹdum |
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Sidon |
sīʹdun |
|
Sinai |
sīʹnī |
|
Sinim |
sīʹnĭm |
|
Siron |
sīʹrun |
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Syria |
sĭrʹē-a |
|
Tarshish |
tärʹshĭsh |
|
Teancum |
tē-ănʹkum |
|
Teomner |
tē-ämʹner |
|
Thummim |
thumʹĭm |
|
Timothy |
tĭmʹa-thē |
|
Tubaloth |
tūʹba-läth |
|
Uriah |
yū-rīʹa |
|
Urim |
yūrʹĭm |
|
Uzziah |
yū-zīʹa |
|
Zarahemla |
zĕr-a-hĕmʹla |
|
Zebulun |
zĕbʹyū-lun |
|
Zechariah |
zĕkʹa-rīʹa |
|
Zedekiah |
zĕdʹa-kīʹa |
|
Zeezrom |
zē-ĕzʹrum |
|
Zemnarihah |
zĕm-na-rīʹhä |
|
Zenephi |
zēnʹa-fī |
|
Zeniff |
zēʹnĭf |
|
Zenock |
zēʹnuk |
|
Zenos |
zēʹnus |
|
Zerahemnah |
zĕr-a-hĕmʹnä |
|
Zeram |
zēʹrum |
|
Zerin |
zēʹrĭn |
|
Ziff |
zĭf |
|
Zion |
zīʹun |
|
Zoram |
zōʹrum |
|
Zoramite |
zōrʹum-īt |