4Q538 — a non-biblical text from Qumran Cave 4, in Aramaic.
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
4Q538
Abegg, Bowley and Cook · every word parsed
Fragment f1_2
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[…] [א]דין חשל ע[ל] א[חו׳הי] […] ש […] ן […] … […]
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[…] [ע]ל׳י ואן איתי בל[ב]ב׳הון על׳י [רוח] [באישה][׃] כדי או[בי]לת ואעלת
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[קדמו׳הי] [אקר]בו כחדא על׳י ט[וענ]י׳הון ב[מתנת׳הון] [ו][כספ][א] [ב]רא[שי׳]הון וקדם יוסף
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[נפלו] [כל׳הון] [ו][ל׳ה] סגדו׃ אדין ידע די לא אית[י] [ב][לבב׳הון] [ר]וח באישה ולא יכל עוד
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[חשד] [באיש] [ב][לב]ב[׳הו]ן מנ׳ה ולא עוד יכל לא[תאפקה][׃] [ו][שר]ו רבה איתי על אחו׳הי
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[אדין] [יוסף] [אתחכם] [ל׳הון][׃] [ו][נ]פ[ל] [ע]ל צור׳י ועפק׳ני בכ[ה] [שגיא] [כולקבל] [די] [הוית] דחל
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[די] [אב׳י] [ימות] [ו][לא] [יכל] [יחזה] [ע]וד יוסף׃ וכול א[חו׳הי] […] ולא
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[…] תעמ[רון] [ב][ארע][א] [די] [גשן] […]׃
Fragment f3
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אל # […]
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טבא […]
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הוא אל טב […]
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[…] [תק]פו׳נא באתר מות […]׃
Fragment f4
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[…] א די ת[ר]שעון […]
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[…] למללה מן … […]׃
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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
49 distinct words — each links to every other place it occurs.
וְand13עַלtop6בin/on/with6דִּיwho5לָאnot5לto/for4אֱדַ֫יִןthen3אַחbrother3לְבַבheart3יוֹסֵףJoseph3יָכֹלbe able3עוֹדa going round3אִיתַיthere is2רוּחַbreath2קֳדָםbefore2אthe2נָפַלfall2כֹּלthe whole2מִןfrom2טָבgood2חָשַׁלshatterיָבַלconductעָלַלact severelyקָרַבcome nearכְּסַףsilverרֵאשׁheadסָגַדprostrate oneselfיָדַעknowאָפַקholdרַבmuchאָתָהcomeחָכַםbe wiseבָּכָהweepשַׂגִּיאgreatהָוָהbecomeדְּחַלfearאַבfatherמוּתdieחֲזָהseeעִמֵּרbind sheavesאֲרַעearthגֹּ֫שֶׁןGoshenהוּאheאֵלgodתָּקֵףprevail overבָּתַרcut in twoמוֹתdeathרָשַׁעbe wickedמָלַלcircumcise