Pronunciation Guide

Following are suggestions for pronouncing Book of Mormon names and terms. This guide is provided to assist the reader and is not intended as an authoritative source on how these names were pronounced originally.

Key

a	about
ă	ask, pat, map
ā	able, bake, way
ä	alms, father, call
ĕ	ebb, met, second
ē	eat, mete, me
er	permit
ĭ	it, him, mirror
ī	idle, fine, deny
ō	over, bone, know
ou	about
u	jump
ū	rule, boot, two

Aaron	ĕr´an
Abel	ā´bul
Abinadi	a-bĭn´a-dī
Abinadom	a-bĭn´a-dum
Abish	ā´bĭsh
Ablom	ăb´lum
Abraham	ā´bra-hăm
Adam	ăd´um
Agosh	ā´gäsh
Aha	ā´hä
Ahah	ā´hä
Ahaz	ā´hăz
Aiath	ī´uth
Akish	ā´kĭsh
Alma	ăl´ma
Alpha	ăl´fa
Amaleki	a-măl´a-kī
Amalekite	a-măl´a-kīt
Amalickiah	a-măl´a-kī´a
Amalickiahite	a-măl´a-kī´a-īt
Amaron	a-mā´rän
Amgid	ăm´gĭd
Aminadab	a-mĭn´a-dăb
Aminadi	a-mĭn´a-dī
Amlici	ăm´lĭ-sī
Amlicite	ăm´lĭ-sīt
Ammah	ăm´mä
Ammaron	ăm´a-rän
Ammon	ăm´un
Ammonihah	ăm-a-nī´hä
Ammonihahite	ăm-a-nī´hä-īt
Ammonite	ăm´a-nīt
Ammoron	ăm´ōr-än
Amnigaddah	ăm-nĭ-găd´ä
Amnihu	ăm-nī´hū
Amnor	ăm´nōr
Amoron	a-mōr´än
Amos	ā´mus
Amoz	ā´muz
Amulek	ăm´yū-lĕk
Amulon	ăm´yū-län
Amulonites	ăm´ya-län´īts
Anathoth	ăn´a-tōth
Angola	ăn-gō´la
Ani-Anti	ăn´ī–ăn´tī
Anti-Nephi-Lehi	ăn´tī–nē´fī–lē´hī
Anti-Nephi-Lehies	ăn´tī–nē´fī–lē´hīz
Antiomno	ăn-tē-äm´nō
Antion	ăn´tē-än
Antionah	ăn-tē-än´a
Antionum	ăn-tē-ō´num
Antiparah	ăn-tĭ-pär´a
Antipas	ăn´tĭ-päs
Antipus	ăn´tĭ-pus
Antum	ăn´tum
Archeantus	är-kē-ăn´tus
Arpad	är´păd
Assyria	a-sĭr´ē-a

Babylon	băb´ĭ-län
Bashan	bā´shän
Benjamin	bĕn´ja-mĭn
Bethabara	bĕth-ăb´a-ra
Boaz	bō´ăz
Bountiful	boun´tĭ-ful

Cain	kān
Calno	kăl´nō
Carchemish	kär-kĕm´ĭsh
Cezoram	sē-zōr´um
Chaldeans	kăl-dē´unz
Chaldees	kăl-dēz´
Chemish	kĕm´ĭsh
Cherubim	chĕr´a-bĭm
Cohor	kō´hōr
Com	kōm
Comnor	kōm´nōr
Corianton	kōr-ē-ăn´tun
Coriantor	kōr-ē-ăn´tōr
Coriantum	kōr-ē-ăn´tum
Coriantumr	kōr-ē-ăn´ta-mer
Corihor	kōr´ĭ-hōr
Corom	kōr´um
Cumeni	kū´ma-nī
Cumenihah	kū-ma-nī´hä
Cumom	kū´mum
Cumorah	ka-mōr´a
Curelom	kū-rē´lum

Deseret	dĕz-a-rĕt´
Desolation	dĕs-ō-lā´shun

Edom	ē´dum
Egypt	ē´jĭpt
Egyptian	ē-jĭp´shun
Elam	ē´lum
Elijah	ē-lī´ja
Emer	ē´mer
Emron	ĕm´rän
Enos	ē´nus
Ephah	ē´fä
Ephraim	ē´frĕm or ē´frum
Esrom	ĕz´rum
Ethem	ē´thum
Ether	ē´ther
Eve	ēv
Ezias	ē-zī´us
Ezrom	ĕz´rum

Gad	găd
Gadiandi	găd-ē-ăn´dī
Gadianton	găd-ē-ăn´tun
Gadiomnah	găd-ē-äm´na
Gallim	găl´ĭm
Gazelem	ga-zā´lĭm
Geba	gē´ba
Gebim	gē´bĭm
Gibeah	gĭb´ē-a
Gid	gĭd
Giddianhi	gĭd-ē-ăn´hī
Giddonah	gĭd-dō´nä
Gideon	gĭd´ē-un
Gidgiddonah	gĭd-gĭd-dō´nä
Gidgiddoni	gĭd-gĭd-dō´nī
Gilead	gĭl´ē-ud
Gilgah	gĭl´gä
Gilgal	gĭl´gäl
Gimgimno	gĭm-gĭm´nō
Gomorrah	ga-mōr´a

Hagoth	hā´gäth
Hamath	hā´muth
Hearthom	hē-är´thum
Helam	hē´lum
Helaman	hē´la-mun
Helem	hē´lĕm
Helorum	hē-lōr´um
Hem	hĕm
Hermounts	her´mounts
Heshlon	hĕsh´län
Heth	hĕth
Himni	hĭm´nī
Horeb	hōr´ĕb

Immanuel	ĭm-măn´yū-ĕl
Irreantum	ĭ-rē-ăn´tum
Isaac	ī´zĭk
Isabel	ĭz´a-bĕl
Isaiah	ī-zā´a
Ishmael	ĭsh´mul or ĭsh´mĕl
Ishmaelite	ĭsh´mul-īt or ĭsh´mĕl-īt
Israel	ĭz´rĕl or ĭz´rul
Israelite	ĭz´rĕl-īt or ĭz´rul-īt

Jacob	jā´kub
Jacobite	jā´kub-īt
Jacobugath	jā´ka-bū´găth
Jacom	jā´kum
Jared	jĕr´ud
Jaredite	jĕr´a-dīt
Jarom	jĕr´um
Jashon	jā´shän
Jeberechiah	jĕb-a-ra-kī´a
Jehovah	jē-hō´va
Jeneum	jĕn´ē-um
Jeremiah	jĕr-a-mī´a
Jershon	jĕr´shän
Jerusalem	ja-rū´sa-lĕm
Jesse	jĕs´ē
Jew	jū
John	jän
Jonas	jō´nus
Jordan	jōr´dun
Joseph	jō´zĕf
Josephite	jō´zĕf-īt
Josh	jäsh
Joshua	jäsh´ū-wa
Jotham	jō´thum
Judah	jū´da
Judea	jū-dē´a

Kib	kĭb
Kim	kĭm
Kimnor	kĭm´nōr
Kish	kĭsh
Kishkumen	kĭsh-kū´mun
Korihor	kō´rĭ-hōr
Kumen	kū´mun
Kumenonhi	kū´ma-nän´hī

Laban	lā´bun
Lachoneus	la-kō´nē-us
Laish	lā´ĭsh
Lamah	lā´mä
Laman	lā´mun
Lamanite	lā´mun-īt
Lamoni	la-mō´nī
Lebanon	lĕb´a-nän
Lehi	lē´hī
Lehi-Nephi	lē´hī–nē´fī
Lehonti	lē-hän´tī
Lemuel	lĕm´yūl
Lemuelite	lĕm´yūl-īt
Levi	lē´vī
Liahona	lē´a-hō´na
Lib	lĭb
Limhah	lĭm´hä
Limher	lĭm´her
Limhi	lĭm´hī
Limnah	lĭm´nä
Luram	lūr´um

Madmenah	măd-mĕn´a
Mahah	mā´hä
Maher-shalal-hash-baz	mā´her–shăl-ăl–hăsh´bäz
Malachi	măl´a-kī
Manasseh	ma-năs´a
Manti	măn´tī
Mary	mĕ´rē
Mathoni	ma-thō´nī
Mathonihah	măth-ō-nī´hä
Medes	mēdz
Melchizedek	mĕl-kĭz´a-dĭk
Melek	mē´lĕk
Michmash	mĭk´măsh
Middoni	mĭd-dō´nī
Midian	mĭd´ē-un
Migron	mī´grän
Minon	mī´nän
Moab	mō´ăb
Mocum	mō´kum
Moriancumer	mōr-ē-ăn´ka-mer
Morianton	mōr-ē-ăn´tun
Moriantum	mōr-ē-ăn´tum
Mormon	mōr´mun
Moron	mōr´un
Moroni	mō-rō´nī
Moronihah	mō-rō-nī´hä
Moses	mō´zus
Mosiah	mō-sī´a or mō-zī´a
Mulek	myū´lĕk
Muloki	myū´la-kī

Nahom	nā´hum
Naphtali	năf´ta-lī
Nazareth	năz´a-rĕth
Neas	nē´äs
Nehor	nē´hōr
Nephi	nē´fī
Nephihah	nē-fī´hä
Nephite	nē´fīt
Neum	nē´um
Nimrah	nĭm´rä
Nimrod	nĭm´räd
Noah	nō´a

Ogath	ō´găth
Omega	ō-mā´ga
Omer	ō´mer
Omner	äm´ner
Omni	äm´nī
Onidah	ō-nī´da
Onihah	ō-nī´hä
Onti	än´tī
Ophir	ō´fer
Oreb	ōr´ĕb
Orihah	ō-rī´hä

Paanchi	pā-ăn´kī
Pachus	pā´kus
Pacumeni	pā-kyū´mĕn-ī
Pagag	pā´gäg
Pahoran	pa-hōr´un
Palestina	păl-a-stī´na
Pathros	pā´thrōs
Pekah	pē´kä
Pharaoh	fā´rō or fĕ´rō
Philistine	fĭl´a-stēn

Rabbanah	ra-băn´a
Rahab	rā´hăb
Ramah	rä´mä
Ramath	rā´muth
Rameumptom	răm-ē-ump´tum
Remaliah	rĕm-a-lī´a
Rezin	rē´zĭn
Riplah	rĭp´lä
Riplakish	rĭp-lā´kĭsh
Ripliancum	rĭp-lē-ăn´kum

Salem	sā´lĕm
Sam	săm
Samaria	sa-mĕr´ē-a
Samuel	săm´yū-ĕl
Sarah	sĕr´a
Sariah	sa-rī´a
Saul	säl
Seantum	sē-ăn´tum
Sebus	sē´bus
Seezoram	sē-zōr´um
Senine	sē´nīn
Senum	sē´num
Seraphim	sĕr´a-fĭm
Seth	sĕth
Shared	shā´rud
Shazer	shā´zer
Shearjashub	shĭr-jā´shub
Shelem	shē´lĕm
Shem	shĕm
Shemlon	shĕm´län
Shemnon	shĕm´nän
Sherem	shĕr´um
Sherrizah	shĕr-ī´za
Sheum	shē´um
Shez	shĕz
Shiblom	shĭb´lum
Shiblon	shĭb´lun
Shiblum	shĭb´lum
Shiloah	shī-lō´a
Shilom	shī´lum
Shim	shĭm
Shimnilom	shĭm-nī´läm
Shinar	shī´när
Shiz	shĭz
Shule	shūl
Shum	shum
Shurr	sher
Sidom	sī´dum
Sidon	sī´dun
Sinai	sī´nī
Sinim	sī´nĭm
Siron	sī´run
Syria	sĭr´ē-a

Tarshish	tär´shĭsh
Teancum	tē-ăn´kum
Teomner	tē-äm´ner
Thummim	thum´ĭm
Timothy	tĭm´a-thē
Tubaloth	tū´ba-läth

Uriah	yū-rī´a
Urim	yūr´ĭm
Uzziah	yū-zī´a

Zarahemla	zĕr-a-hĕm´la
Zebulun	zĕb´yū-lun
Zechariah	zĕk´a-rī´a
Zedekiah	zĕd´a-kī´a
Zeezrom	zē-ĕz´rum
Zemnarihah	zĕm-na-rī´hä
Zenephi	zēn´a-fī
Zeniff	zē´nĭf
Zenock	zē´nuk
Zenos	zē´nus
Zerahemnah	zĕr-a-hĕm´nä
Zeram	zē´rum
Zerin	zē´rĭn
Ziff	zĭf
Zion	zī´un
Zoram	zō´rum
Zoramite	zōr´um-īt