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<p>Created page with &quot;{{FME-Source |title=Hebrew influence on Book of Mormon text: Comparison |category= |catname= }}&lt;onlyinclude&gt; ==Hebrew influence on Book of Mormon text: Comparison== &lt;blockquot...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FME-Source<br /> |title=Hebrew influence on Book of Mormon text: Comparison<br /> |category=<br /> |catname=<br /> }}&lt;onlyinclude&gt;<br /> ==Hebrew influence on Book of Mormon text: Comparison==<br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;<br /> Comparison in English is usually expressed in this way: a certain thing is more X than a second thing, or a certain thing is Xer than a second thing. The words more and than or the suffix -er express the comparison. In Hebrew, comparison is expressed by a word that is translated as from in this way: a certain thing is X from&lt; a second thing. The Book of Mormon frequently uses the word above in comparisons in a way that is more like the Hebrew use of from than the English use of more or -er, apparently reflecting a Hebrew influence.<br /> <br /> :&quot;a land which is choice above all other lands&quot; (1 Nephi 2:20; see 13:30)<br /> <br /> :&quot;the tree which is precious above all&quot; (1 Nephi 11:9; see 15:36)<br /> <br /> :&quot;most abominable above all sins&quot; (Alma 39:5)<br /> <br /> :&quot;the fruit . . . which is sweet above all that is sweet, and which is white above all that is white, yea, and pure above all that is pure&quot; (Alma 32:42)&lt;ref&gt;{{Book:Sorenson Thorne:Rediscovering the Book of Mormon|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1111&amp;index=9 Chapter 8]|author=John A. Tvedtnes|article=The Hebrew Background of the Book of Mormon}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/onlyinclude&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Endnotes sources}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Rediscovering the Book of Mormon]]<br /> [[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Language/Rhetoric|Rhetoric]]<br /> [[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Language/Hebraisms|Hebraisms]]<br /> [[Category:Editors:Scripture verses to hotlink]]</div>

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