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Variant Spellings of [[SHIBLUM|S<small>HIBLUM</small>]]

====[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/11.16?lang=eng#15 Alma 11:16]====
: O: shiblum > shillum > shilum
: P: shilum
: 1830-1981: shiblum

====[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/11.16?lang=eng#15 Alma 11:16]====
: O: shiblum > shillum > shilum
: P: shilum
: 1830-1981: shiblum

====[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/11.17?lang=eng#16 Alma 11:17]====
: O, P: shilum
: 1830-2013: shiblum
: Discussion: For the first occurrence of the name in O Cowdery first wrote ''shiblum'', then ''shillum'' by overwriting the ''b'' with an ''l'', then ''shilum'' by crossing out the overwritten ''l''. Since Oliver would not have known how many <i>l</i>'s ''shilum'' has, Joseph Smith must have spelled it out for him. The second occurrence in verse 17 shows no variation in either O or P, ''shilum''; but when the 1830 compositor set the name, he erroneously spelled it as ''shiblum'' in verses 16 and 17, probably because of ''shiblon'' in verses 15 and 16.  

Source: ''[[Royal Skousen, Analysis of Textual Variants in the Book of Mormon. 6 Parts. Provo, Utah: FARMS, Brigham Young University, 2004-2009.|ATV]]'' 3:1810-11; [[Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies|FARMS]], ''Book of Mormon Critical Text: A Tool for Scholarly Reference'' 2:859.

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