day. From this time the Nephites paid considerable attention to ship-building, and the sea became the highway between the two continents.
HAMATH. The principal city of Upper Syria (now Hamah). It is mentioned twice in the Book of Mormon, in Nephi's quotations from the prophecies of Isaiah (II Nephi, 20:9; 21:11).
HEARTHOM. A king of the Jaredites; he was the son of Lib, whom he succeeded. When he had reigned twenty-four years the kingdom was wrested from him, and he was held in captivity by the successful party all the remainder of his life. Only one of his sons is mentioned, whose name was Heth. Of Hearthom's private character the record is silent.
HEBREW. This word only appears in one verse of the Book of Mormon (Mormon, 9:33), where it occurs three times; always referring to a language and in connection with the engravings on the Nephite records. The language to which this name was applied in the days of Mormon and Moroni was greatly changed from the Hebrew spoken by the Israelites at the time Lehi left Jerusalem, nearly a thousand years before.
HELAM. A Nephite of the land of Lehi-Nephi, in the days of king Noah. He accepted the teachings of Alma, the elder, and was the first man baptized by him in the waters of Mormon. One thing remarkable about his baptism is that both he and Alma were together buried in the water; and they arose and came forth out of the water rejoicing, being filled with the Spirit of God. We have no further mention of Helam; but from the fact that the land (eight days' journey from Mormon) to which Alma and the saints soon fled, received the name of Helam from them, it is highly probable that Helam was one of the leading officers of the church established by Alma, and greatly respected by the people.
HELAM, CITY OF. The city built by the
