“In the early chapters of the Book of Mormon we are introduced to fascinating linguistic phenomena arising out of the Hebrew language and culture from which the record came. These expressions are called Hebraisms … .
“One of the most common Hebraisms is the cognate accusative, in which Hebrew verbs and their related nouns are used in the same phrase [such as ‘I have dreamed a dream’], something writers try to avoid in English … .
“These and many other examples corroborate the fact that the Book of Mormon originated from ancient Semitic cultures and languages” (Ogden and Skinner, Book of Mormon, 1:25–26).