Alma 32:38 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
and when the heat of the sun cometh and scorcheth it [& 0|& >js NULL 1|and A| BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] because it hath no root it withereth away

Here we have an example of the Hebrew-like use of and after a when-clause. This non-English use of and was removed by Joseph Smith in his editing for the 1837 edition. For other examples of this construction with when-clauses, see under hebraisms in volume 3. The critical text will restore this usage whenever it is supported by the earliest textual sources.

Summary: Restore the Hebraistic use of and after the when- clause in Alma 32:38.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 4

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