4Q539 — 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
4Q539
Abegg, Bowley and Cook · every word parsed
Fragment f1
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[…] [ב][רגג]ת רחמא […]
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[…] מפ פצ[ית] […]
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[…] … […]׃
Fragment f2_3
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[…] [ב][שנה] [חד]ה יעקוב ב[כה] [על] [יוסף][׃] […]
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[ו][כען] [ש]מעו בנ׳י [ל][מאמר] [יוסף] [אבו׳כון] [ו][אצי]תו ל׳י חביב׳י [ו][אנה] [קושט][א] [ל׳כון] [אמר]
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[כדי] בני דד׳י ישמעא[ל] [זבנו] [ל׳י] [ל][מצרין] [ו][הוא] מאספד אב׳י י[עקוב][׃] [ו][מפ] [שלחת] [סריס]
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[ל][שלמה] ת[מ]נין מניא ועבד[א] [ל][אקרבה] [ל׳ה][׃] [ו][שלם] תמנין בזני [תקלין] [די] [דהב][׃] [ו][אסכמו]
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[על] [מנין] [זבנ]ות׳הון אן תס[בר] […] … מבשר שלי[ח][א] […]׃
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[חזו] [בנ׳י] [עובד]א דן מא אס[בל] [די] [לא] [ל][אבהת׳ה] [ל]אח׳י למבשר [די] [אנה] [הוא] [עבד]׃
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[…] [רח]מין מ # […] [א]נושא […]׃
Fragment f4
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[…] מובד
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[…] אתה
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[…] [עש]רה ותמנ[יה]
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[…] [ת]שלםת [ח]ושבנ׳ה רשימת
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[…] ת מנ׳הון דרא קדמיא
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[…] ל ופנטפ[ר] כמר[א] […]׃
Fragment f5
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[…] וא […]
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[…] [ב][מאמר] [פ]ומ׳ה אתצאד רוח אנושא […]
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[…] תדבק ותשלט טוב׳הא … […]׃
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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
56 distinct words — each links to every other place it occurs.
אthe11וְand11לto/for11בin/on/with4בַּרson3אַבfather3דִּיwho3מֹףMemphis2יַעֲקֹבJacob2עַלtop2יוֹסֵףJoseph2אֲנָהI2הוּאhe2שָׁלֵםbe complete2בָּשַׂרbear tidings2אֱנָשׁman2פָּצָהpartשְׁנָהsleepחַדoneבָּכָהweepכְּעַןnowשָׁמַעhearצוּתkindleקְשֹׁטtruthאָמַרutterיִשְׁמָעֵאלIshmaelזְבַןbuyסָפַדwailשָׁלַחsendסָרִיסeunuchמְנֵאmanehקָרַבcome nearזַןkindתְּקֵלshekelדְּהַבgoldסְבַרthinkחֲזָהseeדְּנָהthisמָהwhat?סָבַלbear a heavy loadלָאnotאַחbrotherרַחֲמִיןcompassionאָבַדperishאָתָהcomeעֲשַׂרa tenרָשַׁםinscribeמִןfromדָּרgenerationכֹּ֫מֶרidol-פֻּםmouthצוּדhuntרוּחַbreathדָּבַקclingשָׁלַטdomineerטוּבgood things