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What does the Book of Mormon state?
- Cumom was not translated into English
At face value - Did Cumoms exist in the New World?
Statement
- Ether 4:21 [9:19]: And they also had
- horses, and asses, (male and female forms in Hebrew)
- and there were elephants, and cureloms, and cumoms:
- all of which were useful unto man, and more especially the elephants, and cureloms, and cumoms.
- The word "especially" is used in 1 Nephi 5:244, 2 Nephi 12:2, 2 Nephi 15:3, Mosiah 13:44, Alma 16:125, Helaman 4:41, Mormon 1:35, and Ether 4:21 [9:19]
- The word "especially" is also used in Psalm 31:11 (Hebrew m'od - Strongs H3966), Acts 26:3 (Greek malista - Strongs 3122), Galatians 6:10, 1 Timothy 5:17, and 2 Timothy 4:13
- It is used in the Old and New Testaments in the same way as the Book of Mormon
- Hebrew m'od - definition - very (137x), greatly (49x), sore (23x), exceeding (18x), great (12x), exceedingly (11x), much (10x), exceeding (with H3966) (6x), exceedingly (with H3966) (5x), diligently (4x), good (3x), might (2x), mightily (2x), misc (17x)
- Greek malista - definition - (from mala, "very much") – very much the case; particularly so; especially (mostly) so - most, most of all, chiefly, especially
- The word "especially" and definition would indicate that a curelom and cumon are larger than a horse (more meat), the same that an elephant is larger (more meat) than a horse in order to be "more useful"
- Was "curelom" the female form for "elephant"?
- "cumom" might be the juvenile form for "elephant"?
- It fits the pattern of the animals listed in multiple verses in the Book of Mormon as both the male and female names of animals
- These are offered only to ponder possibilities.
Assessment
- Without a translation, it is not possible to make an assessment
