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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