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Zoram Baptist Mission
Zoram (), IPA-ified from «zō´rum», is the name of three individuals in the Book of Mormon, indexed in the LDS edition as Zoram1, Zoram2, and Zoram3. Zoram1 Zoram1 was the servant of Laban, a wealthy inhabitant of Jerusalem. According to '' First Nephi'', Zoram led Nephi, disguised as Laban, into Laban's treasury. Nephi, speaking "in the voice of Laban" () commanded Zoram to take the brass plates containing "a record of the Jews" () to his brethren. Zoram, "supposing that espake of the brethren of the church" () took the plates and carried them to where Nephi's brothers were waiting. When he discovered the truth, Zoram was frightened, so Nephi promised to spare his life if Zoram swore allegiance to them (), and was permitted to accompany Nephi and his brethren. Zoram2 Zoram2 was a chief captain of the Nephite army, mentioned in only two verses in the ''Book of Mormon'' (). He sought the guidance of Alma, the high priest, in locating Nephites that had been captured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IPA For English
Like many other languages, English has wide variation in pronunciation, both historically and from dialect to dialect. In general, however, the regional dialects of English share a largely similar (but not identical) phonological system. Among other things, most dialects have vowel reduction in unstressed syllables and a complex set of phonological features that distinguish fortis and lenis consonants (stops, affricates, and fricatives). Phonological analysis of English often concentrates on or uses, as a reference point, one or more of the prestige or standard accents, such as Received Pronunciation for England, General American for the United States, and General Australian for Australia. Nevertheless, many other dialects of English are spoken, which have developed independently from these standardized accents, particularly regional dialects. Information about these standardized accents functions only as a ''limited'' guide to all of English phonology, which one can later expa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |