4Q261 — a copy of the Community Rule, from Qumran Cave 4, in Hebrew.
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
4Q261
Abegg, Bowley and Cook · every word parsed
Fragment f1a_b
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[את] [ברי]ת׳ו ול[פקוד] [את] [כל] [ח]וק׳ו אשר צוה לע[שות]
2
[ו][על] [פי] [רו]ב יש[ראל] [ה][מתנדבי]ם לשבת יחד׃ ולכת[ב]
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[איש] [ל][פנ]י רע׳[הו] [ב][סרך] [ל][פי] שכל׳ו ומעש׳ו בתור[ה]
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[ל][השמע] הקטן [ל][גדול][׃] [ו][ל][היות] [פוקדי]ם א[ת] [רוח׳ם]
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[ו][מעשי]׳הם ב[תורה] [שנה] [ב][שנה] [ל][העלות] [א]י[ש] [ל][פי] [שכל׳ו]
6
[ו][ל][אחר׳ו] [כ]נעוי[ת׳ו] […]
7
[…] … … […]׃
Fragment f2a_c
1
[…] [ו][יחד] [יאכלו] [ו][יחד] [יבר]כו […]
2
[ו][יחד] [יועצו][׃] [ו][ב][כל] [מקום] [אשר] [יהיה] [ש]ם עשרה [אנשים]
3
[מ][עצת] [ה][יחד] [אל] [ימש] [מ][את׳ם] [כוהן] [ו][איש] כתכו[נ׳ו] [ישבו]
4
[ל][פני׳ו] [ו][כן] ישא[לו] [ל][עצת׳ם] [ל][כל] [דבר][׃] [ו][היה] [כי] [יער]וכו
5
[ה][שלחן] [ל][אכול] או ה[תירוש] [ל][שתות] [ה][כוהן] [ישלח] יד׳[ו]׃
Fragment f3
1
[ו][ל][ערב] [את] [הונ׳ו] [ו][יהי] [ע]צת׳ו ליח[ד] [ו][משפט׳ו][׃]
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[ו][אלה] [ה][משפטים] [א]שר ישפטו על פי [ה][דברים][׃] [אם] [ימצא] [ב׳ם]
3
[איש] [אשר] [ישקר] [ב]ממון והוא יודע והב[דילו׳הו] [מ][תוך] [טהרת]
4
[רבים] [שנה] [אחת] [ו][נענ]ש [את] [רבי]עית לח[מ׳ו] [ו][אשר] [ישיב] [את]׃
Fragment f4a_b
1
[ו][אשר] [יזכיר] [דבר] [ב][שם] הנ[כבד] [על] [כל] […][׃]
2
[ו][אם] [קלל] [או] [ל][הבעת] [מ]צרה [או] [ל][כל] [דבר] [אשר] [ל׳ו] [או] [הוא]
3
[קורא] [ב][ספ]ר או [מברך] [ו][הבדילו׳הו] [ו][לא] [ישוב] [עוד] [על] [עצת]
4
[ה][יחד][׃] [ו][אם] באח[ד] [מן] [ה][כוהנים] [ה][כתובים] [ב][ספר] [דבר] [ב][חמה]
5
[ו][נענש] שנה א[חת] […]
6
[…] לרבים […]
7
[…] … … […]׃
Fragment f5a_c
1
[ידבר] [ב][פי׳הו] [דבר] [נבל] [שלושה] [חדשים][׃] [ו][ל][מדב]ר [ב][תוך]
2
[דברי] [רע׳הו] [עשרת] [ימים][׃] [ו][ה][איש] [אשר] [ישכב] [ו]ישן במו[ש]ב
3
[ה][רבים] [שלושים] [יום][׃] [ו][כן] [ל][נפטר] [מ][מושב] [ה]רבי[ם] אשר לא בעצה׃
4
[ו][הנם] [עד] [שלוש] [פעמים] [על] [מושב] [אחד] [ו][נע]נש [עש]רת ימים׃
5
[ו][אם] [יזקפו] [ו][נפטר] [מ][מושב] [ו][נענש] [ש]לוש[ים] [י]ום׃ ואשר
6
[יהלך] [ל][פני] [רע׳הו] [ערום] [ב][בית] [או] [ב][שדה] [ו][ל]א היה אנוס
7
[ו][נענש] [ששה] [חודשים][׃] [ו][אשר] [ירוק] [אל] [תוך] [מו]שב הרבים
8
[ו][נענש] [שלושים] [יום][׃] [ו][אשר] [יוציא] [את] [יד׳ו] [מ][ת]חת בגד׳ו
9
[ו][הוא] [פוח] [ו][נראתה] [ערות׳ו] [ו][נענש] [שלושים] [ימים] [ו]אשר׃
Fragment f6a_e
1
[ל][שוח] [ב׳ה] [ו][נע]נש [עש]רת [ימים][׃] [ו][ה][איש] [אשר] [ילך] [רכיל] [ב][רע׳הו]
2
[ו][הבדילו׳הו] [ש]נה [א]חת מטה[רת] [ה][רבים] [ו]נענש׃ [ו]אי[ש]
3
[ב][רבים] [ילך] [רכיל] [ו]שלחו׳הומא[ת׳]ם ו[לא] [ישוב] עוד׃ [ו][ה][א]יש
4
[אשר] [ילון] [על] [יסו]ד היחד לשלח ולא [ישוב][׃] [ו][אם] [על] [רע׳הו]
5
[ילון] [אשר] [לא] [ב][משפט] [ו][נענש] ש[ש]ה חד[שים] [ו][ה][איש] [אשר] [תזוע]׃
Fragment fA
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[…] ש […]
2
[…] ח […]׃
Fragment fB
1
[…] … ש […]
2
[…] ה […]׃
Fragment fC
1
[…] ם […]
2
[…] י […]׃
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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
119 distinct words — each links to every other place it occurs.
וְand59לto/for28בin/on/with22הthe21אֲשֶׁרwho17אִישׁman10מִןfrom10עָנַשׁfine10אֵתmark of the accusative9יַ֫חַדunitedness8עַלtop7רַבmuch7יוֹםday7דָּבָרspeech6אוֹor6לֹאnot6כֹּלthe whole5פֶּהmouth5רֵעַshouting5הָיָהfall out5שָׁנָהchange5עֵצָהtrees5אִםif5אֶחָדone5מוֹשָׁבseat5עֶשֶׂרten4שׁוּבturn back4שְׁלֹשִׁיםthirty4פָּנֶהface3כֹּהֵןpriest3שָׁלַחsend3מִשְׁפָּטjudgment3הוּאhe3בָּדַלbe divided3תָּ֫וֶךְmidst3דָבַרspeak3חֹ֫דֶשׁnewness3הָלַךְgo3פָּקַדattend to2יָשַׁבsit2כָּתַבwrite2מַעֲשֶׂהdeed2תּוֹרָהdirection2כlike/as2אָכַלeat2בָּרַךְkneel2כֵּןright2יָדhand2טׇהֳרָהpurifying2סֵ֫פֶרmissive2עוֹדa going round2שָׁלֹשׁa three2פָּטַרseparate2שֵׁשׁalabaster2רָכִילslander2לוּןlodge2בְּרִיתcovenantחֹקsomething prescribedצָוָהlay chargeעָשָׂהdoרֹבmultitudeיִשְׂרָאֵלIsraelנָדַבinciteשָׁמַעhearקָטָןsmallגָּדוֹלgreatרוּחַbreathעָלָהgo upאָחַרto remain behindיָעַץadviseמָקוֹםstanding-placeשָׁםthereאַלnotמוּשׁfeelשָׁאַלaskכִּיburningעָרַךְarrange in orderשֻׁלְחָןtableתִּירוֹשׁmustשָׁתָהdrinkעָרַבtake on pledgeהוֹןwealthאֵ֫לֶּהtheseשָׁפַטjudgeמָצָאattain toשָׂקַרogleיָדַעknowרְבִיעִיfourthלֶ֫חֶםbreadזָכַרrememberשֵׁםnameכָּבֵדbe heavyקָלַלbe slightבָּעַתfall uponצָרָהstraitsקָרָאcallחֵמָהheatנָבָלfoolishשָׁכַבlie downיָשֵׁןsleepנוּםbe drowsyעַדperpetuityפַּ֫עַםbeatזָקַףraise upעָרוֹםnakedבַּ֫יִתhouseשָׂדֶהfieldאָנַסcompelרָקַקspitאֶלmotion toיָצָאgo outתַּחַתthe under partבֶּ֫גֶדtreacheryפּוּחַbreatheרָאָהseeעֶרְוָהnakednessשׂוּחַgo aboutיְסוֹדfoundationזוּעַtremble