Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 27/02/2005 00:02, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:

> Karyn Traphagen wrote:
>  
>
> > From Ruth 2 vs 2 we have the verb _wa'alaqotah_ ... No dagesh. ...
> >    
>
> There is a dagesh in the qof, as was already pointed out. ...

But only in some manuscripts. That is what caused the problem. Karyn was 
looking at standard scholarly editions which are based on the Leningrad 
Codex, and that seems to have the dageshless qof - which is probably an 
error.

> ... You may find the
> following site helpful: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0.htm
>
>  
The Mechon Mamre text is based on the Aleppo Codex, which is 
grammatically more regular. In principle the more regular form could 
occur because a later copyist has (consciously or unconsciously) 
corrected the pointing to a more regular form. But in this case the 
Aleppo version is more likely to be original because I think Leningrad 
is thought to be copied from Aleppo.

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Peter Kirk
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