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Using the Apparatus in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia--Basic Terms A key to the apparatus is provided on pp. xliv-l (unfortunately only in Latin). Listed below are some of the basic concepts. At times an English key is provided with the purchase of your Hebrew Bible. A squiggle = Samaritan Pentateuch ’θ = Aquila 2nd c. CE translation σθ = Theodotion 2nd c. CE translation ©θ = Symmachus 2nd c. CE translation a gothic A = Arabic BHK = Biblia Hebraica, edited by Kittel 1937 BHS = Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia 1977 C = the Cairo Codex of the Prophets 10c CE. G = The Septuagint or Old Greek or LXX G * = the original Septuagint G A = Codex Alexandrinus 5c CE. G B = Codex Vaticanus 4c CE G L = Lucianic recension 4th c (contains proto Lucianic readings from 1st c. BCE) G S= Codex Sinaiticus 4c CE Hier = Jerome K = Kethib L = Codex Leningradensis 11c CE gothic L = Old Latin M = Masoretic Text Mm = Masora Magna Mp = Masora parva Ms(s) = hebrew manuscript(s) collated by Kennicott and de Rossi in the late 18th c. Pes R = Pesiqta rabbati (rabbinic sermons) Q = Qere gothic Q = Qumran or Dead Sea Scrolls S = Syriac Sebir = ancient (unfavored) suggestions Syh = Syrohexapla T = Targum or Aramaic translation Tiq soph = correction by the scribes (18 total) V = Vulgate Vrs = the ancient versions in general a = from ac = and also al = some alit = otherwise c = with ca= about cit = citations in rabbinic literature cop = conjunction cp = chapter dl = delete dttg = dittography ex = from exc = there has fallen out frt = perhaps homark = homoioarchton homtel = homoioteleuton ins = insert interv = interval l = read! m cs = an emendation made on the basis of meter mlt = many nom = noun nonn = some om = omit pc = few pr = puts before prb = probably rel = the rest sec = according to sol = only tr = transposes word order ut = as v = against var = variant reading vb = word or words vel = or vid = see > = is lacking in PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory trial version http://www.fineprint.com

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Using the Apparatus in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia--Basic Terms

A key to the apparatus is provided on pp. xliv-l (unfortunately only in Latin). Listed below are some of the basic concepts. At times an English key is provided with the purchase of your Hebrew Bible.

A squiggle = Samaritan Pentateuch’ θ = Aquila 2nd c. CE translationσθ = Theodotion 2nd c. CE translation©θ = Symmachus 2nd c. CE translationa gothic A = ArabicBHK = Biblia Hebraica, edited by Kittel 1937BHS = Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia 1977C = the Cairo Codex of the Prophets 10c CE.G = The Septuagint or Old Greek or LXXG* = the original SeptuagintGA = Codex Alexandrinus 5c CE.GB

= Codex Vaticanus 4c CE

GL = Lucianic recension 4th c (contains proto Lucianic readings from 1st c. BCE)G S= Codex Sinaiticus 4c CEHier = JeromeK = KethibL = Codex Leningradensis 11c CEgothic L = Old LatinM = Masoretic TextMm = Masora MagnaMp = Masora parvaMs(s) = hebrew manuscript(s) collated by Kennicott and de Rossi in the late 18th c.Pes R = Pesiqta rabbati (rabbinic sermons)Q = Qeregothic Q = Qumran or Dead Sea ScrollsS = SyriacSebir = ancient (unfavored) suggestionsSyh = SyrohexaplaT = Targum or Aramaic translationTiq soph = correction by the scribes (18 total)V = VulgateVrs = the ancient versions in general

a = fromac = and alsoal = somealit = otherwisec = withca= aboutcit = citations in rabbinic literaturecop = conjunctioncp = chapterdl = deletedttg = dittographyex = fromexc = there has fallen outfrt = perhapshomark = homoioarchtonhomtel = homoioteleutonins = insertinterv = intervall = read!m cs = an emendation made on the basis of metermlt = manynom = nounnonn = someom = omitpc = fewpr = puts beforeprb = probablyrel = the restsec = according tosol = onlytr = transposes word orderut = asv = againstvar = variant readingvb = word or wordsvel = orvid = see> = is lacking in

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See also Reinhard Wonneberger, Understanding BHS. A Manual for the Users of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.ᑺ 2004 Ralph W. Klein

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