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4Q77

4Q77 — a biblical manuscript from Qumran Cave 4, in Hebrew. It preserves part of Zephaniah.

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
4Q77
Abegg, Bowley and Cook · every word parsed
Fragment f1
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[בן] [חזקיה] [ב][ימי] [יאשיהו] [בן] [אמון] מלך יהודה׃ אסף [אסף] [כל] [מ][על]
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[פני] [ה][אדמה] [נאם] [יהוה][׃] […] … […]׃
Fragment f2i
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[…] ב׳ם
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[…] …׃
Fragment f2ii
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[צפון] ויאב את [אשור] [ו][ישם] [את] [נינוה] [ל][שממה] [ציה] [כ][מדבר][׃]
2
[ו][רב]צו בתוכ׳ה [עדרים] [כל] [חית׳ו] [גוי] [גם] [קאת] [גם] [קפד]
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בכפתורי׳ה יל[ינו] [קול] [ישורר] [ב][חלון] [חרב] [ב][סף] [כי]
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ארזה ערה׃ זא[ת] [ה][עיר] [ה][עליזה] [ה][יושבת] [ל][בטח]
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האמרה [ב]ל[בב׳ה] [אני] [ו][אפסי] [עוד] [איך] [היתה] [ל][שמה]
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מר[ב]ץ [ל][חיה] [כל] [עובר] [עלי׳ה] [ישרק] [יניע] [יד׳ו][׃]
Fragment f3
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[הנ׳ני] [עשה] את כל מעני׳ך [ב][עת] [ה][היא] [ו][הושעתי] [את] [ה][צלעה] [ו][ה][נדחה]
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[אקב]ץ ושמתי׳ם לתהלה ולש[ם] [ב][כל] [ה][ארץ] [בשת׳ם][׃] [ב][עת] [ה][היא] [אביא]
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[את׳כ]ם ובעת קבצ׳י את׳כם כי אתן א[ת׳כם] [ל][שם] [ו][ל][תהלה] [ב][כל] [עמי]
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[ה][ארץ] בשוב׳י את שבותי׳כם לעיני׳כם [אמר] [יהוה][׃]
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[ב][שנת] שתים לדריהש המלך [ב][חדש] [ה][ששי] [ב][יום] [אחד] [ל][חדש]
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[היה] דבר יהוה ביד חגי [ה][נביא] [אל] [זרבבל] [בן] [שאלתיאל]
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[פח]ת יהודה ואל יהוש[ע] [בן] [יהוצדק] [ה][כהן] [ה][גדול] [ל][אמר][׃]
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[כה] אמר יהוה צב[אות] [ל][אמר] [ה][עם] [ה][זה] [אמרו] [לא] [עת] [בא]׃
Fragment f4_5
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[ו][אל] [יהושע] [בן] יהוצדק [ה][כהן] הגדו[ל] [ו][אל] [שארית] [ה][עם] [ל][אמר][׃] [מי] [ב׳כם]
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[ה][נשאר] [אשר] [ראה] [א]ת הבית ה[זה] [ב][כבו]ד׳ו הר[אשון] [ו][מה] [אתם] [ראים] [את׳ו] [עתה]
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[ה][לוא] [כמ׳הו] [כ][אין] [ב][עי]ני׳כם׃ [ו][עתה] [חזק] זרבב[ל] [נאם] [יהוה] [ו][חזק] [יהושע]׃
Fragment f6
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[…] הגד […]
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[…] הוה […]
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[…] # ום … […]׃
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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

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

הthe25בin/on/with20וְand16לto/for14אֵתmark of the accusative10אָמַרutter7כֹּלthe whole6בֵּןson5יהוהJehovah5עֵתtime4אֶלmotion to4זֶהthis3עַםpeople3יְהוֹשׁוּעַJehoshua3יוֹםday2מֶ֫לֶךְking2יְהוּדָהJudah2עַלtop2נְאֻםutterance2שׂוּםput2כlike/as2חַיָּהliving thing2גַּםalso2כִּיburning2הָיָהfall out2יָדhand2הוּאhe2קָבַץgather2תְּהִלָּהpraise2שֵׁםname2אֶ֫רֶץearth2בּוֹאcome in2עַ֫יִןeye2חֹ֫דֶשׁnewness2זְרֻבָּבֶ֫לZerubbabel2יְהוֹצָדָקJehozadek2כֹּהֵןpriest2גָּדוֹלgreat2לֹאnot2רָאָהsee2עַתָּ֫הnow2חָזַקbe firm2יֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּJosiahאָמוֹןartificerאָסַףgatherסוּףcome to an endמִןfromפָּנֶהfaceאֲדָמָהgroundצָפוֹןnorthאָבַדperishאַשּׁוּרAsshurנִינְוֵהNinevehשְׁמָמָהa devastationצִיָּהdrynessמִדְבָּרmouthרָבַץstretch oneself outתָּ֫וֶךְmidstעֵ֫דֶרflockגּוֹיnationקִפֹּדporcupineכַּפְתּוֹרcapitalקוֹלsoundשִׁירsingחַלּוֹןwindowחֹ֫רֶבdrynessסַףbasinאַרְזָהcedar-panelsעָרָהbe nakedעִירexcitementעַלִּיזexultantיָשַׁבsitבֶּ֫טַחsecurityלֵבָבinner manאֲנִיIאֶ֫פֶסceasingעוֹדa going roundאֵיךְhow?שַׁמָּהwasteמַרְבֵּץreclining placeעָבַרpass overשָׁרַקhissנוּעַquiverהִנֵּהlo!עָשָׂהdoעָנָהanswerיָשַׁעdeliverצָלַעlimpנָדַחimpelבֹּ֫שֶׁתshameנָתַןgiveשׁוּבturn backשָׁנָהchangeשְׁנַ֫יִםtwoדָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁDariusשִׁשִּׁיsixthאֶחָדoneדָּבָרspeechחַגַּיHaggaiנָבִיאspokesmanשְׁאַלְתִּיאֵלShalthielפֶּחָהgovernorכֹּהthusצָבָאwage warשְׁאֵרִיתrestמִיwho?שָׁאַרremainאֲשֶׁרwhoבַּ֫יִתhouseכָּבוֹדabundanceרִאשׁוֹןformerמָהwhat?אַתֶּםyouה?כְּמוֹlikeאַ֫יִןnothing
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