Kishkumen / Kishcumen Variant

Variant spelling of KISHKUMEN

Helaman 1:9=

• O: Kishcumen / Kishcamen
• P, 1830-1981: Kishkumen

Helaman 1:10

• O: Kishcumen
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 1:11

• O: _KISHCUMEN)
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 1:12a

• O: Kishcumen
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 1:12b

• O: _KISHCu)men
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:3

• O: Kishcumen
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:4

• O: Kishcumen
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:5a

• O: Kishcumer > Kishcumen
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:5b

• O: Kishcumen
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:7a

• O: Keshcumen > Kishcumen
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:7b

• O: Kishcumen > Kishcamen
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:8a

• O: <[K](ish)>(_KISHCUMEN
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:8b

• O: (_KISHcu)men
• P: kishkumen > Kishkumen

Helaman 2:9a

• O: _KISHCUMEN)
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:9b

• O: _KI)-shcumen
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:11

• O: _KISHCUMEN
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 6:18

• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 6:24

• P: Kishkumen

3 Nephi 9:10

• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 1:9

• O: Kishcumen / Kishcamen
• P, 1830-1981: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:7b

• O: Kishcumen > Kishcamen
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:5a

• O: Kishcumer > Kishcumen
• P: Kishkumen

Helaman 2:7a

• O: Keshcumen > Kishcumen
• P: Kishkumen
• Discussion: Spelled Kishcumen in all instances of O. For some reason Cowdery changed every instance of c to a k in P, even though there is no manuscript evidence for this change; perhaps he thought the c looked strange after sh, or he was influenced by the first k of the word. In any event, it was a conscious change. In the instances where Kishcumen ends in –camen, the a could also easily be a u.

Source: OM 489-90, 495-96; PM 712, 716-18, 735-36, 816; ATV 3:1371, 1606; 5:2881-82; 6:3636-37.