Studies

“Waw” is the Hebrew letter most often used as a co-ordinating conjunction. It is attached to nouns in a list. The following is a good example of its use: 35 And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he …

Read more

The word “type” does not occur in the KJV Bible yet it is repeatedly used in the Book of Mormon: Mosiah 3:15 and many signs and wonders and types and shadows shewed he unto them concerning his coming and also Holy Prophets spake unto them …

Read more

Superscript is an editorial introduction found in the beginning of a book of scripture and is used regularly throughout the Old Testament. Here is an example: 1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land …

Read more

The use of the word “state” in The Book of Mormon is a fine example of how there were different authors within The Most Holy & Sacred Book of Mormon, none of whom were Joseph Smith. The prophet Alma wasn’t the only author to use …

Read more

In the Old Testament when one author would quote another, often they would reverse the sequence. Here is an example: 4 And the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. (Leviticus 26) 27 And the tree of …

Read more

Skousen’s work in linguistics has dealt chiefly with developing a theory of language called Analogical Modeling, a theory that predicts language behavior by means of examples rather than by rules. He has published three books on this subject: Analogical Modeling of Language (1989), Analogy and …

Read more

Often times in scripture the writer/editor inserts a comment for clarification. After their insertion they resume what they were saying before by repeating its elements. This is called Repetitive Resumption. In the following example, the Lord speaks about feasts (v. 2) when the editor inserts …

Read more

A Merismus is a poetic device that exemplifies a totality between two words – a range of “everything inbetween.” Here is an example from the book of Joel: 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all …

Read more

Leitwort is the intentional use of a word, over and over again to highlight a theme within a text. The story of Jonah is a good example of its use: 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, …

Read more

Following the pattern of the Bible, The Book of Mormon also uses the names of lands and cities interchangeably. Here is an example from the Old Testament: 1 See, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, …

Read more