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    The document discusses the Masoretic Text and provides information about the Masorah, Qere and Ketib, and text-critical notes contained in Biblia Hebraica Quinta.

    The Masorah parva is notes written in the margin of the text while the Masorah magna is notes written immediately below the text. The Masorah magna provides translations in the accompanying commentary.

    Qere refers to the consonants to read according to the Masoretic tradition while Ketib refers to the word unchanged with vowel points to use with the Qere.

    Reading the Masoretic

    Text and Notes


    in
    Biblia Hebraica Quinta

    Copyright 2012 Andrew E. Steinmann. These downloadable resources are provided free of charge as supplementary material to the
    publication Fundamental Biblical Hebrew. Other than downloading or reproducing this resource for personal, bible study, classroom, or
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    In margin is the
    Masorah parva
    The printed text is the
    consonants, vowels,
    accents and Masorah of
    the Leningrad codex

    Immediately below the


    text is the Masorah
    magna; a translation of
    the Mm is provided in the
    accompanying
    commentary

    2012 Andrew E. Steinmann

    Qere
    These are the
    consonants to
    read with the
    vowel points in
    the text
    according to
    the Masoretic
    tradition

    Ketib
    This is the word
    unaltered by the
    Masoretes with
    the vowel points
    to be used with
    the Qere

    2012 Andrew E. Steinmann

    = occurs only once in


    the MT of the Bible with
    this combination of vowel
    points
    More complicated notes are
    often explained in the
    commentary section

    2012 Andrew E. Steinmann

    = occurs only twice in


    the MT of the Bible with
    this combination of vowel
    points

    = three times
    = four times
    = five times, etc.

    2012 Andrew E. Steinmann

    The bottom of the page


    contains text-critical notes.
    Each note begins with the
    text under discussion
    Each note ends with a
    large dot
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    2012 Andrew E. Steinmann

    Order of Text-Critical
    Information

    Witnesses that agree with the MT


    are given first
    A vertical line separates
    different readings

    Witnesses disagreeing with


    the MT follow, preceded by
    their reading
    Editors evaluation in parentheses
    (English abbreviations)
    Case is discussed in the textcritical commentary
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    2012 Andrew E. Steinmann

    Some common abbreviations


    for textual witnesses:
    M = Masoretic text/manuscripts
    Mket = Masoretic ketib
    Mqere = Masoretic qere
    G = Septuagint
    S = Syriac
    T = Targum
    V = Vulgate
    Ms
    Mss

    (superscript) = one manuscript


    (superscript) = manuscripts

    Qumran manuscripts:
    4QRutha

    Manuscript index (if more than


    one ms of a book in a cave)
    Biblical book/manuscript number
    Qumran
    Cave number
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    2012 Andrew E. Steinmann

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