Comments on: How Helaman Got His Name: A Theory https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/09/23/how-helaman-got-his-name-a-theory/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:50:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark N. https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/09/23/how-helaman-got-his-name-a-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-83331 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:50:44 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=1546#comment-83331 Well, son of a gun, I’m not the only person to wonder about this Mormon-Hermounts connection:

http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/pdf/jbms/1215386222-15-1.pdf

Do a search for Hermounts in the text.

Just treading where others have already trod, I guess.

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By: Mark N. https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/09/23/how-helaman-got-his-name-a-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-83325 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:32:27 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=1546#comment-83325 What I found interesting is that Mormon says that he was named after the land of Mormon, which name was given to the land by “the king” (see Mosiah 18:4; does this refer to King Noah?) “being in the borders of the land having been infested, by times or at seasons, by wild beasts”. It sounds like it’s trying to draw a connection between the idea of a land filled with wild beasts, and the name “Mormon”.

Does this go back to Nibley’s comments on the name “Hermounts” in Alma 2:37?

“Now where does the word Hermounts come from? This is certainly not a Latin word. It’s not a Greek word, a Hebrew word, or a Semitic word. Where was it? It was the land on the borders that was infested at times by wild beasts, at certain seasons of the year. It was way up in the borders. They went way up there. So it is the Egyptian word hr-Mntw, obviously. Month or Monthis was the Egyptian Pan; he was the god of wild places, wild animals, and the wild country. Hr-Mntw was the outmost part of Egypt where the land was sometimes visited by lions and crocodiles and things like that. It was under cultivation, but it was a place that was in danger from animals. They called it hr-Mntw because it was Month’s country, wild animal country.” (Teachings of the Book of Mormon, lecture 44, p. 242)

So, I just wonder if there’s some kind of a tie between “Hermounts” and “Mormon”.

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By: Sally Haysom https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/09/23/how-helaman-got-his-name-a-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-78979 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:42:07 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=1546#comment-78979 works for me.. lots of our ancestors are named after their uncles

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By: Johnna https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2008/09/23/how-helaman-got-his-name-a-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-78822 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:01:06 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=1546#comment-78822 I love it.

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