Source:Tvedtnes:Gee:Roper:Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions:JBMS 9:1:Chemish

The name "Chemish" is apparently related to that of the Ammonite god Chemosh, spelled Kmš in prevocalic Hebrew

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The name "Chemish" is apparently related to that of the Ammonite god Chemosh, spelled Kmš in prevocalic Hebrew

Chemish was a descendant of Jacob and one of the guardians and authors of the small plates of Nephi (see Omni 1:8–10). His name is apparently related to that of the Ammonite god Chemosh, spelled Kmš in prevocalic Hebrew and Ammonite (related languages). A number of names containing the element Kmš are known, in which it is clear that the divine name was meant.[1]Also known is a seal currently in the Israel Museum that has Kmš as the name of a man or woman.34[2]

Notes

  1. Nahman Avigad and Benjamin Sass, Corpus of West Semitic Stamp Seals (Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1997) 373–74, 380–82. Cited in John A. Tvedtnes, John Gee, Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9/1 (2000): 40–51.
  2. Avigad and Sass, West Semitic Stamp Seals, 380. Cited in John A. Tvedtnes, John Gee, Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9/1 (2000): 40–51.