Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Joseph Crea <Joseph.Crea AT worldnet.att.net>]

Hello Jim!

At 03:56 PM 5/30/00, Jim Brooks wrote:
>One and all,
>
>I am doing some research on the thorny issue of divorce and remarriage. The 
>following question stems from Fitzmeyer's article "Matthean Divorce Texts" 
>_Theological Studies_ 1976. On page 218, he offers his translation of the 
>Damascus Document 4:12-5:14a.
>
>In 4:17 his translation of a certain portion is:  "the first is 
>unchastity." I take it from the article that "unchastity" here is a form of 
>the Hebrew word "zenut" (from the transliteration it looks like a noun with 
>the definite article).


CREA
       Looks like it to me, according to my copy of __The Dead Sea Scrolls
Study Edition__ (Eerdmans, 2000, 2nd ed.,  ISBN 0-8028-4493-6).


>JIM
>In 5:9 his translation of a certain portion is: "The regulation for 
>incest." But I cannot find in the article what the Hebrew word used for 
>"incest" is. Is it zenut or something else?


CREA
    5:9 appears to be a citation from Leviticus 18:13 with minor deviations
from the Masoretic text, but nothing out of the ordinary.


>JIM
>I've tried to search the net for a transliteration of the text, etc. but to 
>no avail. I don't have immediate access to photocopies, etc., of the text 
>under question.
>
>If someone has the time and the resources, I would be most appreciative if 
>you could  tell me what the Hebrew word lies behind "incest" in CD 5:9.

CREA
    It's  <taw-qoph-resh-beth> tiqereb" instead of tegaleh
<taw-gimel-lamed-heh>, though tegaleh does appear in 5:10.  Hope this helps
and apologies for the unconventional transliterations.


With Mettaa,

Joseph Crea
<Joseph.Crea AT worldnet.att.net>