Dr. Hugh Nibley devotes the second chapter of his book Lehi in the Desert to comparing names in the Book of Mormon with ancient Egyptian names from Upper Egypt, mostly from the area in Thebes and south of it. Dr. Nibley's main source is Hermann Ranke's Die Agyptischen Personennamen' ("The Egyptian Personal Names"), published in 1935 (Gluckstadt; Augustin). Other sources are Dictionnaire de noms hieroglyphiques ("Dictionary of Hieroglyphic Names"), by Jens D. C. Lieblein (Christiania: Broger & Christie, 1871, and the Amarna Letters. Hugh Winder Nibley (March 27, 1910-February 24, 2005) was born in Portland, Oregon and was one of Mormonisms most celebrated scholars. ... The Book of Mormon is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint movement, named after the prophet/historian Mormon, who according to the text compiled most of the book. ... Map of Upper and Lower Egypt Ancient Egypt was divided into two kingdoms, known as Upper and Lower Egypt. ... Two important places in antiquity were called Thebes: Thebes, Greece – Thebes of the Seven Gates; one-time capital of Boeotia. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

• Aha in the B of M is the name of a military commander, son of the Nephite commander-in-chief.
• Aha is a common Egyptian word for "warrior" and one of the names of Egypt's first king.

• Aminadab, a Hebrew name meaning "My People is generous" or "My divine kinsman is generous." It appears in the Book of Mormon as the name of a Nephite missionary.
• Amanathabi was the name of the "chief of a Canaanite city under Egyptian domination. The name is 'reformed' Egyptian." Presumably this means it was an Egyptianized Semitic name.

• Ammon is the most common name in the Book of Mormon.
• Ammon (also Amon, Amun, Amen) is the most common name in ancient Egypt. It is the name of "the great universal God of the Empire." (It means "concealed", "secret.")

• Ammonihah is a city and land in the Book of Mormon.
• Ammuni-Ra was a prince of the Phoenician city of Beyrut, a vassal of the Egyptian Empire.

• Camenihah is the name of a Nephite General in the B of M.
• Khamuni-Ra is a personal name in the Amarna Letters. (See Knudtzon's Die El-Amarna Tafeln 2:1561.)

• Cezoram is a Nephite Judge in the Book of Mormon.
• Chiziri was the Egyptian governor of a Syrian city.

• Gidgiddonah is the name of a Nephite general in the Book of Mormon. The name probably means "Thoth has said we shall live."
• Djed-djhwti-iw-s-ankh is an Egyptian personal name meaning "Thoth has said she shall live."

• Gigiddoni is the name of a Nephite general in the Book of Mormon. The name probably means "Thoth has said I shall live."
• Djed-djhwt-iw-f-ankh is an Egyptian personal name meaning "Thoth has said he shall live."

• Giddianhi is the commander of a band of brigands in the B of M.
• Djhwti-ankhi is an Egyptian name meaning "Thoth is my life."

• Giddonah is the name of two people in the B of M, one of them the high priest who judged Korihor.
• Djidwna is the ancient Egyptian name for the Phoenician city of Sidon.

• Gimgimno is a city mentioned in 3 Nephi 9:8 in the Book of Mormon.
• Kenkeme is the name of an ancient Egyptian city.

• Hem in the Book of Mormon (Mosiah 7:6) is a brother, and missionary companion, of Ammon.
• Hem in the Egyptian language means "servant" - specifically, a servant of the God Ammon.

• Helaman is the name of three people in the Book of Mormon, including a major Nephite prophet.
• Her-Amon is Egyptian for "in the presence of Amon." (Dr. Nibley goes on to point out that L and R are not distinguished from each other in the ancient Egyptian language. R in Egyptian is often equivalent to L in Semitic, and vice-versa.)

• Himni is another brother of Ammon, son of King Mosiah, in the Book of Mormon (from Mosiah 27:8 to Alma 31:6).
• Hmn is "a name of the Egyptian hawk-god, symbol of the emperor."

• Korihor in the B of M was an agitator, arrested by the people of Ammon.
• Kherihor "(also written Khurhor,etc.)" was the High Priest of the god Ammon "who seized the throne of Egypt at Thebes," ca. 1085 BCE.

• Manti is a Nephite soldier mentioned in Alma 2:22 in the B of M. It is also the name of a hill in Alma 1:15. The land and city of Manti are mentioned several times from Alma 16:6-7 to 59:6.
• Manti is the "Semitic form of an Egyptian proper name, e.g. Manti-mankhi, a prince in Upper Egypt cir. 650 BC. It is a late form of Month, god of Hermonthis."

• Mathoni (Hebrew for "my gift") is a Nephite disciple of Jesus mentioned in 3 Nephi 19:4.
• Maitena and Mattenos are two judges of the Phoenician city of Tyre. Both of them at different times became kings, "possibly under Egyptian auspices."

• Morianton is the name of a Nephite, apparently of Jaredite ancestry, and of the city he founded (Alma 50: 28-35).
• Meriaton ("Beloved of Aton) is an Egyptian prince.

• Nephi is one of the pricipal authors of the Book of Mormon, and the founder of the Nephite nation.
• Nihpi is the "original name of the god Pa-nepi, which may even have been Nephi." (See 1926 article by Wilhelm Spiegelberg in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 12:35. "The God Panepi.")

• Paanchi in the Book of Mormon is a son of Chief Judge Pahoran.
• Paanchi or Paankhi is the name both of a son of Kherihor, High Priest of the god Amon, and of a Nubian king who conquered Egypt.

• Pahoran is the name of a Chief Judge of the Nephites, and of one of his sons.
• Pa-her-an, also known as Pahura and Pahery ("the Syrian," "the Asiatic") was an Egyptian ambassador in Canaan.

• Pacumeni (Helaman 1:3-21 in the Book of Mormon) was another son of Chief Judge Pahoran.
• Pakamen is an Egyptian name meaning "the blind one."

• Pachus (Alma 62:6,7,8) was a Nephite pretender to the throne.
• Pa-ks and Pach-qs are ancient Egyptian personal names. "Compare Pa-ches-i, 'he is praised.'"

• Sam is the brother of Nephi. (1 Nephi 2:5 through 2 Nephi 5:6).
• Sam Tawi - "Uniter of the Two Lands" in ancient Egyptian - was the name assumed by the brother of Nehri upon taking the throne.

• Seezoram is a criminal conspirator who becomes the Cheif Judge, but then is assassinated, in Helaman 8:27 to 9:37.
• Zeezrom is a corrupt lawyer in Ammonihah who repents and becomes a missionary.

• Zoser or Zeser is one of the great rulers of Egypt, a Pharaoh of the Third Dynasty.

• Zemnarihah is the captain of a band of brigands in 3 Nephi 4:16-28 in the Book of Mormon.
• Zmn-ha-re is an Egyptian proper name. Such metathesis is "a common Egyptian practice."

• Zeniff was a prominent Nephite who founded a new city.
• Znb and Snb, according to Dr. Nibley, are "very common elements in Egyptian proper names, cf. Senep-ta."

• Zenoch is an ancient prophet mentioned in the Book of Mormon.
• Zenekh is an ancient Egyptian personal name, and the name of a serpent deity.

Lehi in the Desert (1988), ISBN 0875791328 In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites are a people descended from or associated with Nephi, a prophet who traveled with his family from Jerusalem to the Western Hemisphere circa 600 B.C. at the urging of God. ... There is also a drinking game alternately refered to as Beirut or Beer Pong. ... One of the Amarna letters The designation Amarna letters denotes an archive of correspondence, mostly diplomatic, between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru. ... Korihor is a prominent skeptic mentioned in the Book of Mormon, in Alma 30 [1]. Korihor successfully preached [2] Korihor is directly referred to in the Book of Mormon as an Anti-Christ, because he claims there will be no Christ. ... , Sidon or Saida, (Arabic صيدا Ṣaydā) is the third-largest city in Lebanon. ... Two important places in antiquity were called Thebes: Thebes, Greece – Thebes of the Seven Gates; one-time capital of Boeotia. ... In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites are a people descended from or associated with Nephi, a prophet who traveled with his family from Jerusalem to the Western Hemisphere circa 600 B.C. at the urging of God. ... Map of Upper and Lower Egypt Ancient Egypt was divided into two kingdoms, known as Upper and Lower Egypt. ... The modern town of Armant (ancient Iuny, also known as Hermonthis), is located about 12 miles south of Thebes, in Egypt. ... Jesus (8–2 BC/BCE — 29–36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ... For a wheel tyre, see the article under the US English spelling of the word, tire. ... The Jaredites are an alleged ancient people of the Americas, whose existence is mainly accepted by Latter Day Saints. ... Alternative use: the Aten asteroids, named after 2062 Aten Pharaoh Akhenaten and his family adoring the Aten Aten is a sun god in ancient Egyptian mythology, and represented by the suns disk. ... The Book of Mormon is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint movement, named after the prophet/historian Mormon, who according to the text compiled most of the book. ... In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites are a people descended from or associated with Nephi, a prophet who traveled with his family from Jerusalem to the Western Hemisphere circa 600 B.C. at the urging of God. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... PAANCHI (1). ... PAANCHI (1). ... For other uses, see Canaan (disambiguation). ... Nephi, the son of Lehi, is a prophet in the Book of Mormon. ... Ammonihah was a city mentioned in the Book of Mormon. ... History of Egypt Third Dynasty While Manetho names one Necherophes, and the Turin King List names Nebka, as the first pharaoh of the Third dynasty of Egypt, some contemporary Egyptologists believe Djoser was the first king of this dynasty, pointing out that the order in which some predecessors of Khufu... Metathesis is a sound change that alters the order of phonemes in a word. ...