?למה אין מִצְרִים בתנ"ך
Updated by:
Shlomo Brand
Research notes:
SB/not checked/12/07/2023
Reference type:
Hebrew Book Section;
year:
2023
Full title:
?למה אין מִצְרִים בתנ"ך
Translated title:
Why Are There No מִצְרִים in the Bible?
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
מגילות: מחקרים במגילות מדבר יהודה [Meghillot: Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls]
Volume:
16
Editor(s):
Devorah Dimant
Noam Mizrahi
Place of Publication:
Jerusalem
Publisher:
Haifa University Press, Bialik Institute, Hebrew University
Pages:
131-142
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
Abstract:
The gentilic מִצְרִים (without the definite article ה) does not occur in the Bible. In places where it is required by the context or the syntax, the vocalized form מִצְרַיִם is used instead. Fortunately, 4QExodm occasionally reads מצריים” the Egyptians” instead of the MT מִצְרַיִם. This is surely the required form in these cases, while the Hebrew pronunciation traditions of the Bible do not reflect the form intended in the consonantal text.
Language:
Hebrew
Hebrew bible:
Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents:
Scroll / Document:
1Q22
Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha:
Label:
24/07/2023
Record number:
111 923