Kishkumen / Kishcumen Variant
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Variant spelling of KISHKUMEN
Kishcumen
- 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
Kishcamen
- Helaman 1:9
- O: Kishcumen / Kishcamen
- P, 1830-1981: Kishkumen
- Helaman 2:7b
- O: Kishcumen > Kishcamen
- P: Kishkumen
Kishcumer
- Helaman 2:5a
- O: Kishcumer > Kishcumen
- P: Kishkumen
Keshcumen
- 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.
Summary: Skousen accepts Kishcumen.
Source: OM 489-90, 495-96; PM 712, 716-18, 735-36, 816; ATV 3:1371, 1606; 5:2881-82; 6:3636-37.
