Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Raymond de Hoop <rdehoop AT keyaccess.nl>]

On 08-03-2001 02:33 Eduardo M. Acuna <eacuna AT mail.giga.com> wrote:

>> I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in the
>> Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa^a) Immanuel is written as ONE
>> word rather than two.
>> 
> The site: http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/qumdir.htm shows what you say.
> However, Qumran in my opinion is an heretic jewish sect engaged in magic.
> The scrolls show many re-writing attempts, almost like forgotten drafts in
> the trash basket.

Eduardo,

In reaction to your answer, the following:

I think you do not know where you're talking about, when you say this with
regard to the 1QIsa^a-scroll. It is an important and very good preserved
bible-manuscripts. So, even if you are right with regard to Qumran (which I
really doubt), you skip the problem with regard to this reading much to
easy.

<Hebr> (MNW )L <endHebr> is written as two words indeed in e.g. BHS or
Snaith. However, the Codex Leningradensis itself does not show a clear space
between the two elements. In Isaiah 7:14 it only could be; in Isaiah 8:8
there is certainly no space between the two elements and we read <Hebr>
(MNW)L <endHebr>. You have thus the testimony of CL and 1QIsa^a against your
statement. 

So, you're assumption was simply wrong.

Regards,
Raymond