Hebrew Idioms in the Small Plates of Nephi

Title

Hebrew Idioms in the Small Plates of Nephi

Magazine

Improvement Era

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Year of Publication

1961

Authors

Pagination

496–497, 517

Date Published

July 1961

Volume

64

Issue Number

7

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Bibliographic Citation

Abstract

This article argues that, inasmuch as the Book of Mormon is a literal translation from a Hebrew record, one would expect to find the frequent use of Hebraic idiomatic expressions in it. Bramwell provides examples of a number of Hebraisms, such as compound subjects, frequent usage of the conjunction “and,” a limited number of vocabulary words, and the repetitive use of possessive pronouns.

Small Plates of Nephi
Idiom
Language - Hebrew
Hebraisms

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