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 |