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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Jason Hare <jason AT hareplay.com>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Re: 22nd Psalm - Verb Object Again
  • Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 07:45:30 -0800

On 05/12/2003 22:16, Jason Hare wrote:

Peter,

What if there was something to the fact that since the W and Y in the DSS
often look the same, then the actual reading of the DSS may not at all
disagree with the MT or suggest an alternative reading? In the DSS, the Y is
often written in exactly the same fashion as the W. Is that not the case in
the scroll(s) containing this passage?



No, it is not the case in the image in http://www.torahresource.com/Newsletter/Ps22.16.pdf. The letter in question is immediately followed by an undisputed yod which is about one third of the length, and this is a consistent distinction between all the vavs and yods in this fragment. This is true not only of the highlighted line, which has been tidied up a bit, but also of the line below where the letters YBY+W YR)W BY (from v.18 Hebrew) are clearly legible. All the vavs are full length, all the yods are significantly shorter.

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