Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Vadym Zhuravlov <baskrima AT km.ru>]

Comparing Great Isaiah Scroll and the text of "Vision of Gabriel" one can get 
the following observations.
1. David is spelled as DWD in "stone" text (lines 16 and 72), and excusively 
as DWYD in the scroll.
2. In the text of "Vision of Gabriel" Jerusalem is spelled YRWSLM (6 times), 
while in the 1QIsa-a  both spellings  YRWSLYM and YRWSLYM are used 
alternately.
In both cases the "stone" orthography is more ancient than one of the scroll. 
On the other hand, as we already mentioned, stone text uses clear indications 
of post-biblical language, like ending -YN instead of -YM and preposition S- 
instead of ASR. This brings me the the question - is there a contradiction 
between the language of the text and its orthography?

Best regards,
Vadym Zhuravlov