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  • From: Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com>
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Jerusalem (was nifty)
  • Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:54:01 -0800

Fred katav
>
And the evolution of the hebrew word shekel mirrors the
corresponding evolution of the hebrew language. Witness the inscription on
the 70 a.d., coin. How it differs dramatically from the language of the
masoretic text some 1,000 years later.
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Half_Shekel.jpg
>

"differs dramatically"??
actually, it confirms the vocalization of the MT,
and 900 years earlier than MT,
since it writes Jerusalem YRWShLYM with a yod,
contra the typical MT consonantal without -YM.
ha-qdusha 'the holy (city)' is also spelled plene.
sh(ana) g, shows use of letters for numbers.

The MT with -YM only occurs 5 times, one of which is Jeremiah 26.18,
the other four are post-exilic: Ester-1 and Chron-3xx.

Randall Buth

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