Shazer is a place on the Arabian peninsula referenced in the Book of Mormon as one of the stops on the Old World segment of Lehi's journey ([[s:Book of Mormon/1 Nephi#16 13|1 Nephi16 13]]). (See Archaeology and the Book of Mormon.) It was at this location that Lehi's group stopped to hunt "in the wilderness" ([[s:Book of Mormon/1 Nephi#16 14|1 Nephi16 14]]). According to the narrative, this location was named by Lehi. The practice of naming locations after family members is a known Semitic practice.