Source:Nibley:Lehi in the Desert:Ch2:the title Hem tp n 'Imn

Hugh Nibley: "the title Hem tp n 'Imn, 'chief servant of Ammon' held by the high priest of Thebes"

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"the title Hem tp n 'Imn, 'chief servant of Ammon' held by the high priest of Thebes"

Hugh Nibley:

Hem (BM), brother of the earlier Ammon." "Hem (OW), means "servant," specifically of Ammon, as in the title Hem tp n 'Imn, "chief servant of Ammon" held by the high priest of Thebes. [1]

Notes

  1. Hugh W. Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, the World of the Jaredites, There Were Jaredites, edited by John W. Welch with Darrell L. Matthew and Stephen R. Callister, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company; Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1988), Chapter 2.