Outis Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Hello, in 2 Samuel 18:20, there is this written for the qere and ketiv: ”כִּי־עַל () [עַל]־[כֵּן]“ (2 Sam. 18:20 HMT-W4) My question is this: What are the parentheses there for? I looked at the hard copy and can't find the parentheses in my BHS. Any thoughts? or is this a typo? Thanks, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Simpson Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Hey Outis, that’s an interesting find! It occurs 10x in the HMT text and ID says it’s an ktiv blank. Whatever that is. i don’t have my etcbc text handy, but it’s certainly also in our BHS-T. Maybe a masorete pundit will let us know what it is… (Judges 20:13; 2Samuel 8:3; 16:23; 18:20; 2Kings 19:31, 37; Jeremiah 31:38; 50:29; Ruth 3:5, 17 HMT-W4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bekins Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) If you still have the BHS handy you will see the abbreviation קר ולא כת in the margin: Qere but no Ktiv. The full Ktiv is על, and the Qere is על כן. No big deal for a printed text, but the database has to add a blank () for the Ktiv to have something to cross reference to the כן part of the Qere. Pete Edited June 5, 2022 by Peter Bekins 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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