Jershon Variant: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 11:32, 18 June 2016

Variant spelling of JERSHON

P: Jeshon
Discussion: Spelled Jershur (perhaps because of preceding -er sound), then immediately corrected by Cowdery in O. This is the only time Jershon was ever misspelled in O; Cowdery only misspelled Jerson once in P, where in Alma 28:1 he spelled it as Jeshon.

Source: ATV 4:2170; PM 535.

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-Variant spelling of [[JERSHON]]
+Variant spelling of [[JERSHON|J<small>ERSHON</small>]]
--Alma 27:22b
+====[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/27.22?lang=eng#21 Alma 27:22]====
+* O: Jershur > Jershon
+* P, 1830-1981: Jershon
-O: Jershur > Jershon
+====[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/28.1?lang=eng#primary Alma 28:1]====
+* P: Jeshon
+* Discussion: Spelled Jershur (perhaps because of preceding -''er'' sound), then immediately corrected by Cowdery in O. This is the only time Jershon was ever misspelled in O; Cowdery only misspelled Jerson once in P, where in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/28.1?lang=eng#primary Alma 28:1] he spelled it as Jeshon.
--Alma 28:1
+Source: ''ATV'' 4:2170; ''PM'' 535.
-P: Jeshon
-Discussion: Spelled Jershur (perhaps because of preceding -er sound), then immediately corrected by Cowdery in O. This is the only time Jershon was ever misspelled in O; Cowdery only misspelled Jershon once in P, where in Alma 28:1 he spelled it as Jeshon.
-Summary: These two variations are just scribal errors; maintain correct Jershon
-Other occurrences not discussed in ATV: Alma 27:22a, 23 (2x), 24, 26 (2x); 28:1 (2x), 8; 30:1, 19; 31:3; 35:1, 2, 6, 8, 13 (2x), 14; 43:4, 15, 18, 22, 25
-Source: ATV 4:2170
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