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'''Jershon Variant'''
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
[[Category:Variant Names]]
 
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

Latest revision as of 12:32, 18 June 2016

Variant spelling of JERSHON

Alma 27:22

  • O: Jershur > Jershon
  • P, 1830-1981: Jershon

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 Alma 28:1 he spelled it as Jeshon.

Source: ATV 4:2170; PM 535.