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4Q435 — Barkhi Nafshi

4Q435 — a copy of the Bless, O my soul hymns, 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
4Q435
Abegg, Bowley and Cook · every word parsed
Fragment f1
1
לשמ[וע] [למודי׳ו] [ו][ימול] [עורלות] [לב׳ם] [ו][יציל׳ם] [למען] [חסד׳ו][׃] [ו][יכן] [ל][דרך]
2
רגל׳ם [ב][רוב] [צרת׳ם] [לוא] [עזב׳ם][׃] [ו][ב][יד] [עריצים] [לוא] [נתנ׳ם] [ו][עם]
3
[ר]שעי[ם] [לוא] [שפט׳ם] [ו][עברת׳ו] [לוא] [הוקד] [עלי׳הם] [ו][לוא] [כל׳ם] [ב][חרונ׳ו]׃
4
[ו][לוא] [יעף] [כול] [חרונ׳ו] [חמת׳ו] [ו][ב][אש] [קנאת] [לוא] [שפט׳ם][׃] [שפט׳ם] [ב][רוב]
5
[רח]מי׳ו [משפטי] [עונ׳ו] [למען] [בוחנ׳ם] [ו][הרבה] [רחמי׳ו] [החביא׳ם]
6
בגואים […] [אדם] [הציל׳ם] [שפעת] [גואים] [לוא] [שפט׳ם][׃] [ו][ב][תוך]
7
לאומי[ם] [לוא] […] [ו][יסתיר׳ם] […] [ו][יתן] [ל][פני׳הם] [מחשכים]
8
ל[אור] [ו][מעקשים] [ל][מישור] […]׃
Fragment f2i
1
[…] ותשם [לב] [ט]הור תחתי׳ו׃
2
[יצר] [רע] [גערתה] [מן] [כליות׳י] [ו][רוח] [קודש] [שמ]תה בלבב׳[י][׃] זנות עינים
3
[הסירותה] [ממ׳ני] […] [ו][תבט] [את] […] [כול] [דר]כי׳כה׃ עורף קשה
4
[שלחתה] [ממ׳ני] [ו][תשמ׳ו] [ענוה][׃] [זעף] [אף] [הסירותה] [ממ׳ני] ותשם ל׳י רוח ארוך
5
[אפים][׃] [גובה] [לב] [ו][רום] [עינים] [התנשית] […] ל׳י רוח שקר אבדת׃
Fragment f2ii
1
ישו[עה] […]
2
תמ […]
3
צרה […]
4
פעולות און […]
5
באויב׳י רא[תה] [עינ׳י] […]׃
Fragment f3
1
[…] ומחשבת […]
2
[…] ח אישו […]
3
[…] … […]׃
Fragment f4
1
פנ […]
2
הון […]
3
אהבת […]
4
כשקוצ […]׃
Fragment f5
1
[…] [ו][שח]תי במע[מקי׳ה] [ו][מ][שאול] [העלותה] [נפש׳י] [חיים] [נתתה] [ל][פנ׳י] [ו][עדת]
2
[אנשי] מופת הושבתה לפ[נ׳י] [ו][ב][ילדי] [צדק] [נחמת׳ני] [ו][על] [קו] [משפט] [שמחתה]
3
[את] [נפש׳י] [ו]במשקל צדקה חיית[ה] [את] [רוח׳י][׃] [אברך] [ב][כול] [מאוד׳י] [את] [אדוני] [ו][אהלל]
4
[ב][גיל] [לב׳י] [טובת׳ו] [אות׳כה] [א]דונ[י] [זכרתי] […]׃
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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

112 distinct words — each links to every other place it occurs.

וְand28בin/on/with14לto/for9לֹאnot9מִןfrom5אֵתmark of the accusative5לֵבinner man4שָׁפַטjudge4פָּנֶהface4שׂוּםput4רוּחַbreath4נָתַןgive3כֹּלthe whole3עַ֫יִןeye3נָצַלstrip2מַ֫עַןpurpose2דֶּ֫רֶךְway2רֹבmultitude2צָרָהstraits2עַלtop2חָרוֹןanger2רַחֲמִיםcompassion2מִשְׁפָּטjudgment2גּוֹיnation2סוּרturn aside2אַףalso2נֶ֫פֶשׁsoul2אֲדֹנָיlord2שָׁמַעhearמוּלcircumciseחֶ֫סֶדgoodnessכּוּןbe firmרֶ֫גֶלfootעָזַבleaveיָדhandעָרִיץawe-inspiringעִםwithרָשָׁעwickedעֶבְרָהoverflowיָקַדbe kindledכָּלָהbe completeיָעֵףbe wearyחֵמָהheatאֵשׁfireקִנְאָהardourעָוֺןiniquityבָּחַןexamineרָבָהbe muchחָבָאwithdrawאָדָםmanשִׁפְעָהabundanceתָּ֫וֶךְmidstלְאֹםpeopleסָתַרhideמַחְשָׁךְdark placeאוֹרbe lightמִישׁוֹרlevel placeטָהוֹרcleanתַּחַתthe under partיֵ֫צֶרformרַעbadגָּעַרrebukeכִּלְיָהkidneysקֹ֫דֶשׁapartnessלֵבָבinner manזְנוּתfornicationנָבַטlookעֹ֫רֶףback of neckקָשֶׁהhardשָׁלַחsendעֲנָוָהhumilityזַ֫עַףstormingאָרֹךְlongגָּבֹהַּhighרוּםbe highנָשָׁהforgetשֶׁ֫קֶרdeceptionאָבַדperishיְשׁוּעָהsalvationפְּעֻלָּהworkאָ֫וֶןtroubleאָיַבbe hostile toרָאָהseeמַחֲשָׁבָהthoughtאִישׁוֹןpupilהוֹןwealthאַהֲבָהloveכlike/asשִׁקּוּץdetested thingשׂוּחַgo aboutמַעֲמַקִּיםdepthsשְׁאוֹלShᵉ’ōlעָלָהgo upחַיִּיםlifeעֵדָהcongregationאִישׁmanמוֹפֵתwonderיָשַׁבsitיֶ֫לֶדchildצֶ֫דֶקrightnessנָחַםbe sorryקַוcordשָׂמַחrejoiceמִשְׁקָלweightצְדָקָהrighteousnessחָיָהliveבָּרַךְkneelמְאֹדmuchnessהָלַלshineגִּילrejoiceטוֹבָהwelfareזָכַרremember
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