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- Mosiah 26:15
- Mosiah 26:15
1: Aminadi > NULL
P: Aminadi > NULL
Discussion: Scribe 2 wrote Aminadi but immediately caught his error and changed it to Abinadi in 1. It was the first time that Scribe 2 had to write Abinadi, so a mistake is not surprising.
Discussion: Scribe 2 wrote Aminadi but immediately caught his error and changed it to Abinadi in P. It was the first time that Scribe 2 had to write Abinadi, so a mistake is not surprising.
Acceptability: Scribal error; Abinadi correct  
Acceptability: Scribal error; Abinadi correct  
Source: ATV 3:1485
Source: ATV 3:1485
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1: Abinedi
1: Abinedi


Discussion: Scribe 2 wrote the name as Abinedi in 1. It may have read the same in 0, and "could have occurred if Joseph Smith pronounced the word with  
Discussion: Scribe 2 wrote the name as Abinedi in P. It may have read the same in O, and "could have occurred if Joseph Smith pronounced the word with  
stress on the second syllable so that the third vowel would have been the unstressed schwa vowel" (ATV 3:1485).
stress on the second syllable so that the third vowel would have been the unstressed schwa vowel" (ATV 3:1485).
Acceptability: Scribal error; Abinadi correct
Acceptability: Scribal error; Abinadi correct

Revision as of 08:42, 18 February 2011

Abinadi-Variant

- Mosiah 26:15 P: Aminadi > NULL

Discussion: Scribe 2 wrote Aminadi but immediately caught his error and changed it to Abinadi in P. It was the first time that Scribe 2 had to write Abinadi, so a mistake is not surprising. Acceptability: Scribal error; Abinadi correct Source: ATV 3:1485 - Alma 5:11

1: Abinedi

Discussion: Scribe 2 wrote the name as Abinedi in P. It may have read the same in O, and "could have occurred if Joseph Smith pronounced the word with stress on the second syllable so that the third vowel would have been the unstressed schwa vowel" (ATV 3:1485). Acceptability: Scribal error; Abinadi correct Source: ATV 3:1485

General Summary: These two variants are scribal errors, and Abinadi is correct The 37 other occurrences all read Abinadi in P: Mosiah 11:20, 26, 27 (2x), 28, 29; 12:1 (2x), 8, 17, 25, 33, 37; 13:5, 25; 15:1; 16:1; 17:1, 2 (3x), 4, 5, 7, 9, 20; 18:1; 20:21; 21:30 (2x); 24:5, 9; Alma 25:9, 11; Mormon 1:19 (37 times total)