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  2. Textual variants in the Book of Genesis - Wikipedia

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    This list provides examples of known textual variants, and contains the following parameters: Hebrew texts written right to left, the Hebrew text romanised left to right, an approximate English translation, and which Hebrew manuscripts or critical editions of the Hebrew Bible this textual variant can be found in. Greek (Septuagint) and Latin (Vulgate) texts are written left to right, and not ...

  3. Qere and Ketiv - Wikipedia

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    When the old Hebrew dialect fell into disuse and certain words became unfamiliar to the masses, the scribes amended the original dialect to the later familiar dialect. A good example is the word "Jerusalem," which in old Hebrew was always written ירושלם yrwšlm, but in a later period was written ירושלים yrwšlym. The qere provides ...

  4. Hebrew Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh [a] (/ t ɑː ˈ n ɑː x /; [1] Hebrew: תַּנַ״ךְ ‎ tanaḵ, תָּנָ״ךְ ‎ tānāḵ or תְּנַ״ךְ ‎ tənaḵ) also known in Hebrew as Miqra (/ m iː ˈ k r ɑː /; Hebrew: מִקְרָא ‎ miqrāʾ), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim.

  5. Esdras - Wikipedia

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    The Thirty-nine Articles that define the doctrines of the Church of England follow the naming convention of the Clementine Vulgate.Likewise, the Vulgate numbering is often used by modern scholars, who nevertheless use the name Ezra to avoid confusion with the Greek and Slavonic enumerations: 1 Ezra (Ezra), 2 Ezra (Nehemiah), 3 Ezra (Esdras A/1 Esdras), 4 Ezra (chapters 3–14 of 4 Esdras), 5 ...

  6. Kareth - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew term kareth ("cutting off" Hebrew: כָּרֵת, ), or extirpation, is a form of punishment for sin, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and later Jewish writings. The typical Biblical phrase used is "that soul shall be cut off from its people" or a slight variation of this. [1]

  7. Elisheba - Wikipedia

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    Aaron and Nadab take leave of Elisheva (pictured from left to right), camped before Mount Sinai, while Moses ascends.. Elisheva (/ ə ˈ l ɪ ʃ ɪ v ə /; Hebrew: אֱלִישֶׁבַע ‎, romanized: ’Ělīšev̱a‘), or alternatively, Elisheba (/ ə ˈ l ɪ ʃ ɪ b ə /; Hebrew: אֱלִישֶׁבַע ‎, romanized: ’Ělīšeḇa‘), was the wife of the Israelite prophet Aaron, who ...

  8. Book of Genesis - Wikipedia

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    Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, Bereshit ('In the beginning'). Genesis purports to be an account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, and the origins of the Jewish people. [2] Genesis is part of the Torah or Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible.

  9. Kedesh - Wikipedia

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    Kedesh (alternate spellings: Qedesh, Cadesh, Cydessa) was an ancient Canaanite and later Israelite settlement in Upper Galilee, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. Its remains are located in Tel Kedesh, 3 km northeast of the modern Kibbutz Malkiya in Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border. [1]