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  • From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Re[2]: Ezek 44:3
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 08:13:52 -0700


> I thought that notes like "frt l" in BHS with no other notes implies
> that the reading is pure conjecture with no MS or version support. Am
> I correct? Many of these conjectures are old and seem to be worthless.

Yes, that's what it means. "frt" is "perhaps" while the "l" is "read,"
hence "perhaps we should read [enter wild guess here]". I really
hope the next edition does away with this Latin shorthand.

Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
A Bible that's falling apart means a life that isn't.



  • Ezek 44:3, MISS DIANA N SHAW, 06/09/1999
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Ezek 44:3, Jim West, 06/09/1999
    • Re[2]: Ezek 44:3, peter_kirk, 06/12/1999
    • Re: Re[2]: Ezek 44:3, Dave Washburn, 06/12/1999

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