4Q559 — 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
4Q559
Abegg, Bowley and Cook · every word parsed
Fragment f1
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[…] [ו][מן+][כדי]
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[חזה] [עשו] [די] [ברכ׳ה] [י]שחק יעק[וב] [ערק] [מן] [אחו׳הי+][קדמו׳הי]
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[ל][מ+ויתב] [כבר] [שנין] [ך֜ך֜י֜]א֜א֜א֜א֜אׅ בא[רע][א] [די] [בני] [מדנח][א]
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[ו][יהוסף] [בר] [יעקוב] [פ]לח שנין ך֜י֜ ב[ארע] [מצרים] [כדי]
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[נחת] [יעקוב] [כבר] [שני]ן [א֜]ק֜[ך֜י֜] [לות׳ה ? ] […]׃
Fragment f2
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[…] [ו][נחור]
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[אולד] [ית] [תרח] [ו][תרח] [בר] [שנין] [ך֜ך֜]ך֜[י֜] [אולד] [ית] [אברם]
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[הוא] [אברהם] [ו][אברהם] [בר] [ש]נין ך֜[ך֜ך֜ך֜י֜א֜א֜א֜א֜א֜א֜א֜א֜אׄ]
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[אולד] [ית] [ישחק] [מן] [שרה] [ו][יש]חק ב[ר] [שנין] [ך֜ך֜ך֜] [אולד]
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[ית] [יעקוב] [ו][יעקוב] [בר] [שני]ן ך֜ך֜ך֜א֜א֜א֜א֜אֽ [אולד] [ית] [לוי]
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[ו][יהב] [ל][לוי] [ית] [כול] [ספרי][א] [די] לחנוך [די] [ינטר] [ל׳הון] [ו][ינתן]׃
Fragment f3
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[ו][יהב] [ל][לוי] [ית] [כול] [ספרי][א] [די] [ל][חנו]ך [די] [ינטר] [ל׳הון] [ו][ינתן]
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[ל][כול] [בנו׳הי][׃] [ו][לוי] [בר] [שני]ן ך֜[ך֜י֜]א֜א֜א֜אֽ א[ולד] [ית] [קהת]
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[ו][קהת] [בר] [שנין] [ך֜א֜א֜א֜א֜]א֜א֜א֜אׄאׄ אולד ית עמ[ר]ם ועמר[ם] [בר]
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[שנין] [ק֜י֜א֜א֜א֜א֜אֽ] [אולד] ית אהרון ואהר[ו]ן נפק ממצ[רים]
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[עם] [בני] [לוי] [כול] אלן י֜א֜לף א֜א֜א֜א֜אֽק֜ך֜י֜א֜א֜א֜א֜א֜אֽ [ו][כבר]׃
Fragment f4
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[שנין] [ך֜ך֜ך֜ך֜א֜א֜א֜] אה[רון] [אולד] [ית] [אלעזר]
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[ו][מן] [די] [נפקו] מן אר[ע][א] [די] [מצרים] [עד]
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[די] [אתפלג] [קר]ח שנ[ין] [א֜א֜א֜א֜אֽ] [ו][עד] [יהושוע] [בר]
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[נון] [עבר] [ית] [י]רדנא [ו][גזר] ערל ע[מ][א] [די] [לא]
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[גזיר] [שנין] ך֜י֜א֜א֜א֜אׅאֽ בגלגלא ש[נין] [א֜א֜א֜א֜אֽ]
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[ב][שילו] [ו][שכמ]א שנין ך֜ ומן די מית[ו] [אלעזר]
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[ו][יהושוע] כוש רשעתים מלך [ארם]
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[נהרין] [שני]ן א֜א֜א֜א֜א֜א֜[א֜]אׄ עתניאל ב[ר] [קנז]
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[שני]ן [ך֜ך֜] עגלון מלך מואב שנ[ין] [י֜א֜א֜א֜א֜א֜א֜אׅאׅ]
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[אה]וד בר גרא שנין ך֜ך֜ך֜ך֜ שמ[גר] [בר] [ענת]׃
Fragment f5
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[שנה] [א֜] [יבין] [מלך] [כנען] [שנין] [ך֜] [דבורה] [ו][ברק] [בר]
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[אבינעם] [מן] די נפקו [קודמו׳הי] [שנין] [ך֜ך֜] [גדעון]
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[בר] [יואש] [ש]נין ך֜ך֜ ת[ולע] [בר] [פואה] [שנין] [ך֜א֜א֜אׄ]
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[יאיר] [גלעדי]א שנין [ך֜א֜א֜] […]׃
Fragment f6
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[…] [פלשתי][א] שנין ך֜[ך֜] [שמשון] [בר] [מנוח] [שנין]
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[ך֜] [עלי] [כהנ][א] [שני]ן ך֜ך֜ ש[מואל] [בר] [אלקנה] […]׃
Fragment f7
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[…] … … […]
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[…] [שנין] […] ך֜ך֜ך֜ […]
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[…] … […]׃
Fragment f8
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[…] [שנין] […] ך֜ך֜ […]׃
Fragment f9
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[…] [שני]ן ך֜ […]
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[…] [שנין] […] א֜א֜א֜ ל […]׃
Fragment f10
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[…]
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[…] [אל]ן מליא […]
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[…] להן ג […]
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[…] יליא […]׃
Fragment f11
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[…] # א צ […]׃
Fragment f12
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[…] ך֜ […]
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[…] לם […]׃
Fragment f13
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[…] א […]׃
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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
84 distinct words — each links to every other place it occurs.
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