2 Nephi 15:26

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26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth; and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly; none shall be weary nor stumble among them.

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Hiss

The Hebrew word from which hiss was translated means to quietly proclaim.

Monte S. Nyman, Isaiah: Prophecies of the Restoration [salt Lake City: Millennial Press, 1998], 28

Some commentators have supposed an allusion here, and in chapter 7, 18, to the custom of calling bees from their hives to the fields and back again by means of a hiss or whistle. Others, however, deny that any such custom existed, and claim that the allusion is to another custom prevalent in the East: that of calling the attention of any one in the street by a significant hiss. In the prophecy of Zechariah, the Lord says concerning the children of Ephraim, “I will hiss for them, and gather them” (Zech. 10:8). Here there is doubtless a reference to the same custom of calling attention by a hiss.

Fred H. Wight, Manners and Customs of Bible Lands [Chicago: Moody Press, 1953], 263-64