Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Joseph Brian Tucker" <music AT riverviewcog.org>]

In BHS Deut 6:4 in the printed text one sees large letters. Why are the 
large letters there? Kelly, Mynatt and Crawford in _The Masorah of Biblia 
Hebraica Stuttgartensia_ p. 36 suggests "the letter shows that the reading 
must be precise. This is probably the function of the large letters in 
Deut. 6:4." Do you agree? If not, what other possible reasons could there 
be?

Thanks
Brian Tucker
music AT riverviewcog.org
Riverview, MI