2Q17 — a biblical manuscript from Qumran Cave 2, in Hebrew. It preserves part of Ruth.
Square brackets mark reconstruction. Letters inside brackets are the editors’ restoration; a bracketed ellipsis […] stands where a word is lost altogether.
Hebrew · Dead Sea Scrolls
2Q17
Abegg, Bowley and Cook · every word parsed
Fragment f1
1
[יחפץ] [ל][ג]אל׳ך וג[אלתי׳ך] [אנכי] [חי] [יהוה] [שכבי] [עד] [ה][בקר][׃] [ו][תשכב]
2
מ[רג]לתי׳ו עד הב[קר] [ו][תקם] [ב][טרום] [יכיר] [איש] [את] [רע׳הו] [ו][יאמר] [אל]
3
יודע כי באה הגרן׃ ויא[מר] [הבי] [ה][מטפחת] [אשר] [עלי׳ך] [ו][אחזי] [ב׳ה] [ו][תאחז]
4
ב׳ה וימד שם שש שערי[ם] [ו][ישת] [עלי׳ה] [ו][יבא] [ה][עיר][׃] [ו][תבוא] [אל] [חמות׳ה]
5
[ו]תאמר מה את בת׳י ות[גד] [ל׳ה] [את] [כל] [אשר] [עשה] [ל׳ה] [ה][איש][׃] [ו][תאמר]
6
שש [ה]שערים האלה נת[ן] [ל׳י] [כי] [אמר] [אל] [תבואי] [ריקם] [אל] [חמות׳ך][׃] [ו][תאמר]
7
[שבי] [בת׳י] [עד] [א]שר תדעי׳[ן] [איך] [יפל] [דבר] […]׃
Fragment f2
1
[…] אל # # ל ל […]
2
[…] כול אשר […]׃
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Transcriptions and morphology: Martin G. Abegg, Jr., James E. Bowley and Edward M. Cook, The Dead Sea Scrolls: Biblical and Non-Biblical Texts. Text-Fabric edition by Jarod Jacobs, Martijn Naaijer and Dirk Roorda, ETCBC, used by permission under CC BY-NC 4.0. Dictionary: Brown-Driver-Briggs. Square brackets mark letters reconstructed by the editors rather than preserved on the manuscript.
The words of this chapter
50 distinct words — each links to every other place it occurs.
וְand15הthe8אָמַרutter6לto/for4בּוֹאcome in4אֲשֶׁרwho4עַדperpetuity3בin/on/with3גָּאַלredeem2שָׁכַבlie down2בֹּ֫קֶרmorning2אִישׁman2אֵתmark of the accusative2אַלnot2יָדַעknow2כִּיburning2עַלtop2אָחַזgrasp2שֵׁשׁalabaster2שְׂעֹרָהbarley2אֶלmotion to2בַּתdaughter2כֹּלthe whole2חָפֵץdelight inאָֽנֹכִ֫יIחַיaliveיהוהJehovahמַרְגְּלוֹתplace of the feetקוּםariseטְרוֹםnot yetנָכַרregardרֵעַshoutingגֹּ֫רֶןthreshing-floorיָהַבgiveמִטְפַּ֫חַתcloakמָדַדmeasureשָׁםthereשִׁיתputעִירexcitementמָהwhat?אַתְּthouנָגַדbe conspicuousעָשָׂהdoאֵ֫לֶּהtheseנָתַןgiveרֵיקָםemptilyיָשַׁבsitאֵיךְhow?נָפַלfallדָּבָרspeech