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ואל תמחולהי ביד שחפא: 4Q541, Frag. 24 Again
Abstract
This article deals with the puzzling fragment 24 in scroll 4Q541 for which many explanations have been proposed. A fresh examination of the text itself and a comparison to fragment 2ii+3+4i in the same scroll suggests that the topic of the fragment is a dove which seeks asylum from birds of prey. This examination also contributes to understanding some linguistic issues. In light of the semantic field of the verbs meaning ‘physical departure’, ‘forgiveness’ and ‘relinquishing a debt’ we learn about the development of the root מח״ל to the sense ‘to give over into the hands of’. In addition, the morphological form תמחולהי and the masculine form יון (a dove) are accounted for.
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“The metaphor that sin is (or accrues) a debt was made possible by the influence of the Aramaic term חוב on the semantics of the Hebrew words עון and .חטא”
From Melchizedek, the Son of Man, and Eschatological Jubilee: The Sin-Forgiving Messiahs in 11QMelchizedek and Mark (2023) · cites this paper as Yuditsky and Ariel 2016: 229
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Williams, L. (2023) · Journal for the Study of the New Testament · doi:10.1177/0142064x231191176 · Cited by 1
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- Authors
- Yuditsky, A. (., & Ariel, C.
- Affiliations
- 1The Academy of the Hebrew LanguageJerusalem
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Yuditsky, Alexey (Eliyahu)
- Ariel, Chanan
- Venue
- Dead Sea Discoveries
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2016-09-06
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 221-232
- ISSN
- 0929-0761 (ISSN-L)
- 1568-5179
- OpenAlex
- W2512214154
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Dead Sea Discoveries (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Classical Studies and Philology
- Keywords
- Qumran, raptors, asylum, semantic field, forgiveness, departure, Hebrew morphology, textual interpretation
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