Full title
מי מדד בשעלו מים" (ישעיה מ, 12): מסורה, קומראן ואכדית"
Research notes
DT/not checked/09/03/2022
Reference type
Editor(s)
Binyamin Uffenheimer
Year
1982
Journal / Book Title || Series Title
Bible Studies: Y. M. Grintz in Memoriam
Translated title
"Who Has Measured the Waters in the Hollow of His hand" (Isaiah 40:12): Masoretic Text, Qumran Texts and Akkadian
Volume
2
Series Title
Te'uda
Publisher
Tel Aviv University Press
Place of Publication
Tel Aviv
Pages
131-137
Work type
Language
Abstract
With the discovery of the Isaiah Scroll from Qumran, 1Q1sa, it is clear that the text of the verse is "מיא מדד בשועלו מי ים". This reading which roused vivid scholarly discussions differs from the Masoretic text and that of the versions and also from any of the emendations which had been previously proposed by scholars. It appears that we have now additional data to prove the originality of the reading from Qumran: these are: (1) the epithet of the Babylonian god Marduk "madidi mê tamti" - "who measures the waters of the sea"; (2) a new text from Qumran, published in DJD 5, which quotes this verse in a biblical paraphrase.