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.