4Q117 — a biblical manuscript from Qumran Cave 4, in Aramaic. It preserves part of Ezra.
Square brackets mark reconstruction. Letters inside brackets are the editors’ restoration; a bracketed ellipsis […] stands where a word is lost altogether.
Aramaic · Dead Sea Scrolls
4Q117
Abegg, Bowley and Cook · every word parsed
Fragment f1
1
[כ׳כם] [נדרוש] [ל]אל[הי׳כם] [ו][לא] [אנחנו] [זבחים] [מ][ימי] [אסר] [חדן] [מלך] [אשור] [ה][מעלה] [את׳נו]
2
[פה][׃] [ו][יאמר] ל׳הם ז[רבבל] [ו][ישוע] [ו][שאר] [ראשי] [ה][אבות] [ל][ישראל] [לא] [ל׳כם] [ו][ל׳נו] [ל][בנות]
3
[בית] [ל][אלהי׳נו] כי אנח[נו] [יחד] [נבנה] [ל][יהוה] [אלהי] [ישראל] [כ][אשר] [צו׳נו] [ה][מלך] [כורש] [מלך]
4
[פרס][׃] [ו][יהי] [עם] [ה]ארץ מ[רפים] [ידי] [עם] [יהודה] [ו][מבלהים] [אות׳ם] [ל][בנות][׃] [ו][סכרים]
5
[עלי׳הם] [יועצים] [ל]הפר עצת׳ם [כל] [ימי] [כורש] [מלך] [פרס] [ו][עד] [מלכות] [דריוש] [מלך] [פרס]׃
6
[ו][ב][מלכות] [אחשורוש] [ב][תח]לת מלכו[ת׳ו] [כתבו] [שטנה] [על] [ישבי] [יהודה] [ו][ירושלם]׃
Fragment f2
1
[ספר][א] [ו][שאר] [כנו]ת׳ה[ו]ן [ד]ינ[י][א] [ו][אפרסתכי][א] [טרפלי][א] [אפרסי][א] [ארכוי] [בבלי][א]
2
[שושנכי][א] [ד][הוא] [ע]למיא׃ ושאר אמי[א] [די] [הגלי] [אסנפר] [רב][א] [ו][יקיר][א] [ו][הותב] [המו]
3
[ב][קריה] [די] [שמרין] ושאר עבר נהרא וכענת[׃] [דנה] [פרשגן] [אגרת][א] [די] [שלחו] [עלו׳הי]
4
[על] [ארתחששתא] [מ]ל[כ][א] עבדי׳ך אנש עבר [נהר][ה] [ו][כענת] […]׃
Fragment f3
1
[…] … […] [הן] [איתי] [די] [מן]
2
[כורש] [מלכ][א] [שים] [טעם] [ל][מבנא] [ב]ית אלהא דך בירו[שלם] [ו][רעות] [מלכ][א] [על] [דנה] [ישלח] [עלי׳נא]׃
3
[ב][אדין] [דריוש] [מלכ][א] [שם] [ט]עם ובקר בבית ספ[רי][א] [די] [גנזי][א] [מהחתין] [תמה] [ב][בבל][׃] [ו][השתכח]
4
[ב][אחמתא] [ב][בירת][א] [די] [ב][מדי] מדינתא מגלה חדה [ו]כן כת[יב] [ב][גו׳ה] [דכרונ][ה][׃] [ב][שנת] [חדה] [ל][כורש]
5
[מלכ][א] [כורש] [מלכ][א] [שם] [טע]ם בית אלהא בירושלם בית[א] [יתבנא] [אתר] [די] [דבחין] [דבחין]
6
[ו][אשו׳הי] [מסובלין] [רומ]׳ה אמ[י]ן שתין פתי׳ה אמין שתין׃ נדבכין די [אבן] [גלל] [תלתא]
7
[ו][נדבך] [די] [אע] [חדת] [ו][נפקת]א מן בית מלכא תתיהב׃ ואף מאני בי[ת] [אלה][א] [די] [דהב][ה]
8
[ו][כספ][א] [די] [נבוכדנצר] [הנפק] מן היכלא די בירושלם והיבלו לב[בל] [יהתיבון] [ו][יהך]
9
[ל][היכל][א] [די] [ב][ירושלם] [ל][אתר׳ה] ותחת בבית אלהא׃ כ # # […]׃
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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
127 distinct words — each links to every other place it occurs.
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