The Book of Mormon Often Uses the Wapri Fix

The Book of Mormon frequently uses the wa prefix much like the Bible and other Hebrew texts do. Similar Hebrewisms occur in the King James version of the Bible and can be found in other English language works from the nineteenth century that imitate King James English. In some cases, biblical quotations in the Book of Mormon more closely reflect the Bible's underlying Hebrew than the King James Version does. Many Book of Mormon names have also been shown to have Semitic or Egyptian origins.