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Variant spelling of [[CUMORAH]]
Variant spelling of [[CUMORAH|C<small>UMORAH</small>]]


-Mormon 6:2a  
Camorah
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/6.2?lang=eng#1 Mormon 6:2a]
::P: S2 Camorah > S1 Cumorah
::1830: Camorah
::1837-1981: Cumorah


P: S2 Camorah > S1 Cumorah
Discussion: Scribe 2 wrote Camorah, Scribe 1 corrected it to Cumorah in P; Camorah in 1830. Scribe 2 and the 1830 typesetter probably misread the ''u'' as an ''a'' in Cumorah. As in other errors with names, vowels were often misread. Since Cowdery corrected the first instance to Cumorah, he must have known that to be the correct spelling. There is also an excerpt from one of Cowdery's letters in which he says Camorah is an error.


A: Camorah
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/6.2?lang=eng#1 Mormon 6:2b]
::P: Cumorah
::1830: Camorah
::1837-1981: Cumorah
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/6.4?lang=eng#3 Mormon 6:4a]
::P: Cumorah
::1830: Camorah
::1837-1981: Cumorah
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/6.4?lang=eng#3 Mormon 6:4b]
::P: Cumorah
::1830: Camorah
::1837-1981: Cumorah
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/6.5?lang=eng#4 Mormon 6:5]
::P: Comorah
::1830: Camorah
::1837-1981: Cumorah
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/6.6?lang=eng#5 Mormon 6:6a]
::P: Cumorah
::1830: Camorah
::1837-1981: Cumorah
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/6.6?lang=eng#5 Mormon 6:6b]
::P: Cumorah
::1830: Camorah
::1837-1981: Cumorah
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/6.11?lang=eng#10 Mormon 6:11]
::P: Comorah
::1830: Camorah
::1837-1981: Cumorah
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/8.2?lang=eng#1 Mormon 8:2]
::P: Cumorah
::1830: Camorah
::1837-1981: Cumorah
Comorah
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/6.5?lang=eng#4 Mormon 6:5]
::P: Comorah
::1830: Camorah
::1837-1981: Cumorah
:[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/6.11?lang=eng#10 Mormon 6:11]
::P: Comorah
::1830: Camorah
::1837-1981: Cumorah


Discussion: Scribe 2 wrote Camorah, Scribe 1 corrected it to Cumorah in P; Camorah in A. Scribe 2 and the 1830 typesetter probably misread the u as an i in Cumorah. As in other errors with names, vowels were often misread. Since Cowdery corrected the first instance to Cumorah, he must have known that to be the correct spelling. There is also an excerpt from one of Cowdery's letters in which he says Camorah is an error.
Discussion: The 1830 edition consistently has Camorah, but the 1837 edition has the standard Cumorah. There are also a number of other [[NEPHITE(S)|N<small>EPHITE</small>]] names with the sequence of ''cum'', but none with ''cam''.
 
-Mormon 6:2b, 4a, 4b, 6a, 6b; 8:2
 
P:  Cumorah
 
A: Camorah
 
Discussion: The 1830 edition consistently has Camorah, but the 1837edition has the standard Cumorah. There are also a number of other Nephite names with the sequence cum, but none with cam.
 
-Mormon 6:5,11
 
P: Comorah (S2)
 
A: Camorah


Source: ''ATV'' 6:3636-38, 3800, citing ''Messenger and Advocate'' 1/10 (July 1835), O. Cowdery letter.
Source: ''ATV'' 6:3636-38, 3800, citing ''Messenger and Advocate'' 1/10 (July 1835), O. Cowdery letter.


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Revision as of 13:17, 17 July 2012

Variant spelling of CUMORAH

Camorah

Mormon 6:2a
P: S2 Camorah > S1 Cumorah
1830: Camorah
1837-1981: Cumorah

Discussion: Scribe 2 wrote Camorah, Scribe 1 corrected it to Cumorah in P; Camorah in 1830. Scribe 2 and the 1830 typesetter probably misread the u as an a in Cumorah. As in other errors with names, vowels were often misread. Since Cowdery corrected the first instance to Cumorah, he must have known that to be the correct spelling. There is also an excerpt from one of Cowdery's letters in which he says Camorah is an error.

Mormon 6:2b
P: Cumorah
1830: Camorah
1837-1981: Cumorah
Mormon 6:4a
P: Cumorah
1830: Camorah
1837-1981: Cumorah
Mormon 6:4b
P: Cumorah
1830: Camorah
1837-1981: Cumorah
Mormon 6:5
P: Comorah
1830: Camorah
1837-1981: Cumorah
Mormon 6:6a
P: Cumorah
1830: Camorah
1837-1981: Cumorah
Mormon 6:6b
P: Cumorah
1830: Camorah
1837-1981: Cumorah
Mormon 6:11
P: Comorah
1830: Camorah
1837-1981: Cumorah
Mormon 8:2
P: Cumorah
1830: Camorah
1837-1981: Cumorah

Comorah

Mormon 6:5
P: Comorah
1830: Camorah
1837-1981: Cumorah
Mormon 6:11
P: Comorah
1830: Camorah
1837-1981: Cumorah

Discussion: The 1830 edition consistently has Camorah, but the 1837 edition has the standard Cumorah. There are also a number of other NEPHITE names with the sequence of cum, but none with cam.

Source: ATV 6:3636-38, 3800, citing Messenger and Advocate 1/10 (July 1835), O. Cowdery letter.

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