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==Many "Ands"==
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Biblical Hebrew uses the equivalent of the conjunction ''and'' much more than English uses ''and'', especially in historical narrative and prose but also in poetry and direct speech. Its frequent appearance in English sounds irregular and repetitive. Consider the ten ''and''s in the King James Version of {{b|1|Samuel|17|34–35}}:

:''and'' David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father'ssheep, ''and'' there came a lion, ''and'' a bear, ''and'' took a lamb out of the flock:

:''and'' I went out after him, ''and'' smote him, ''and'' delivered it out of his mouth: ''and'' when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, ''and'' smote him, ''and'' slew him. (emphasis added)

Compare also the thirteen ''and''s in a single verse of Joshua:

:''and'' Joshua, ''and'' all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, ''and'' the silver, ''and'' the garment, ''and'' the wedge of gold, ''and'' his sons, ''and'' his daughters, ''and'' his oxen, ''and'' his asses, ''and'' his sheep, ''and'' his tent, ''and'' all that he had: ''and'' they brought them unto the valley of Achor. ({{b|Joshua|7|24}}, emphasis added)

The Book of Mormon corresponds to the Old Testament in its use of many ''and''s throughout its historical ''and'' prose sections. There are twenty-two ''and''s in {{s|1|Nephi|11|30–32}}, which describes Nephi's vision of the Lamb of God ministering among his people; {{s|1|Nephi|12|4}} contains twelve ''and''s in a single verse pertaining to Nephi's vision of the destruction of the l''and'' shortly before Christ's coming; {{s||Mosiah|10|8}} contains eight ''and''s in a list of weapons; ''and'' {{s||Alma|46|12–13}} contains fifteen ''and''s in a description of {{s||Moroni|''and'' his title of liberty. {{s||Helaman|3|14}}, with its eighteen ''and''s in a single verse, is a good example of how an awkward construction in the English translation of the Book of Mormon makes perfectly good sense in Hebrew ''and'' reflects the ancient character of the book:

:But behold, a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people, yea, the account of the Lamanites ''and'' of the Nephites, ''and'' their wars, ''and'' contentions, ''and'' dissensions, ''and'' their preaching, ''and'' their prophecies, ''and'' their shipping ''and'' their building of ships, ''and'' their building of temples, ''and'' of synagogues ''and'' their sanctuaries, ''and'' their righteousness, ''and'' their wickedness, ''and'' their murders, ''and'' their robbings, ''and'' their plundering, ''and'' all manner of abominations ''and'' whoredoms, cannot be contained in this work. (emphasis added)<ref>{{Book:Parry Peterson Welch:Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1082&index=7 Chapter 7], {{sofr}}|author=Donald W. Parry|article=Hebraisms and Other Ancient Peculiarities in the Book of Mormon}}</ref></blockquote></onlyinclude>

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[[Category:Echoes and Evidences]]
[[Category:Book of Mormon/Out of place in 19th century/Language|Language]]
[[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Language/Hebraisms|Hebraisms]]

Source:Echoes:Ch7:15:Many "ands" in Book of Mormon - Revision history

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