'Nahom' is a place-name recorded by the prophet Nephi in the Book of Mormon (1 Ne 16:34) as the burial site of the patriarch Ishmael — father of the brides of the sons of Nephi's father, the Josephite prophet, Lehi of Jerusalem (c. 645-560 B.C.E.). Nahom was, in fact, the site's name as recognized by the area's ancient residents. Having traveled a great distance from their Jerusalemite homeland, it was here, in a strange country, that the daughters of Ishmael mourned their beloved father and laid his body to rest. Ancient 'Nahom' thus still exists, located at precisely the turning-point juncture where Nephi describes it to be — it is, in fact, the only place-name of the time in all of Arabia that bore the consonants NHM.