Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Steve:

Maybe because it was common in ancient Greek and Roman writings not to
have spaces between words.

While I have seen a few alphabetic Semitic writings, mostly very
short, that omitted between word markings, most that I have seen have
had some indication separating words: a dot between words (e.g. Siloam
inscription, Mesha stele) or spaces (e.g. DSS).

Karl W. Randolph.

On 3/17/07, Steve Miller <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> The DSS that I have seen have spaces between words.
>
> Why is it commonly said that there were no spaces between words in the
> ancient Hebrew manuscripts? Is there a basis for this?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Steve Miller
>
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