I think that a difference of this amount is not only plausible, but probable.
Looking at your stats listed below, spaces between words (in archaic Hebrew,
dots) are not counted, while Maqefs (which did not exist in archaic Hebrew)
are counted as consonants. Add to that that spelling was often fluid, it’s
almost surprising that the differences add up to only 43.
Karl W. Randolph.
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From: "Christopher V. Kimball" <mail AT cvkimball.com>
A computerized count of the number of consonants in the normal + kethib sections of the Torah books of the WLC Tanach is 304,848. The Koren edition of the Torah (Torah, Nevi'im, uKetuvim [Jerusalem: Koren, 1962]) has 304,805 consonants (see "The Bible 'Codes': A Textual Perspective, Jeffrey H Tigay, University of Pennsylvania, October 13, 1999 http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jtigay/codetext.html , reference 5. ). Thus the Koren edition has 43 fewer consonants than the WLC. (A 0.01441% difference.)
Do differences of this level (43 out of 305848) seem plausible? Is there an accepted explanation?
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