Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

Hi Brak,

really interesting question. I'd be interested in learning the answer as
well so I hope somebody on the list does know.

James Christian

P.S. Are you sure CK doesn't mind you forwarding his off-list answers to the
list?

2010/1/11 Brak <Brak AT neo.rr.com>

> The section are you referring to are the Sedarim divisions of the text.
> This list contains the number of the Sedarim (indicated in Hebrew
> numbers) and the first line of the Sedarim. Some of the "similar" glyphs
> is where the scribe abbreviated a word.
> But I do see in Sedarim 6 that there is the "V with a dot in it" glyph.
> Interestingly, at the end of that line (5r, column 1, lines 5 and 6)
> there is that mark.
>
> B"H
> John Steven
>
>
> Christopher Kimball wrote:
> >
> >
> > They may be "Masorah Finalis (Mf)" that refer to Masoretic notes at
> > the end of the book or Torah.   Take a look at Folio 120 Recto column
> > 3 (right-to-left). Some of these look a lot like the marks you're
> > referring too.  My book doesn't seem to deal with Mf, just Mp and Mm.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Chris
> >
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