Q638 MT Deut 7:22 l)h OV(l) – Possible difference in
4QDeutf 2-3 1 hl)h pronunciation.^1179
Q639 MT Deut 7:24 Kynpb SV(1) – Interchange of preposi-
4QDeutf 2-3 4 ]l tions.
Q640 MT Deut 8:7 omits SV(2) – 4QDeutf has an expansive
4QDeutf 4-6 8 hbxrw plus.^1180
Q641 MT Deut 8:9 omits SV(1) – The MT lacks the con-
4QDeutf 4-6 10 )lw junction.
Q642 MT Deut 8:9 hyrrhmw OV(l) – Possible difference in
4QDeutf 4-6 11 hyrhmw pronunciation.^1181
Q643 MT Deut 9:7 d( SV(1) – Interchange of preposi-
4QDeutf 7 3 l[ tions.
Q644 MT Deut 19:21 )lw SV(1) – 4QDeutf lacks the con-
4QDeutf 13-16 4 )l junction.
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4QDeutf has the regular form of the demonstrative pronoun hl), which appears as the by-form l) in
the MT some nine times (see HALOT, 50). The SP, which always has the longer spelling (see W. Gesenius,
E. Kautzsch, and A.E. Cowley, Hebrew Grammar, 109, §34b), supports the reading in 4QDeutf. B.K.
Waltke and M. O'Connor, Biblical Hebrew Syntax, 307, suggest that the short form should be taken as an
orthographic variant that is vocalised like the long form, but in light of Rule 1 the variant is counted as a
possible difference in pronunciation. 1180
The phrase in 4QDeutf is hbxrw hbw+ Cr) l), “to a land good and broad.” The MT lacks the second
adjective, whereas the SP and the LXX support the reading in 4QDeutf, as does 4QDeutj V 5 and 4QDeutn I
3 (see Q694 and Q771 below). The same phrase appears in Exod 3:8 of the MT. 1181
The spelling in 4QDeutf is typical of Qumran orthography according to E. Qimron, Hebrew of the Dead
Sea Scrolls, 26-27. E.Y. Kutscher, Language and Linguistic Background, 531, suggests that reš had cer-
tainly taken on the characteristics of a guttural consonant in Qumran Hebrew, so the form in 4QDeutf may
be viewed as the later spelling. Against this E.Y. Kutscher, Language and Linguistic Background, 372,
argues that the spelling of the absolute noun with the geminate consonant preserved, Myrrh, is the late form.
The same view is expressed in E. Eshel, "4QDeutn," 136, where it is suggested the the late form in the MT
is updated towards the more common (archaic) form in 4QDeutf. It should be noted, though, that both spell-
ings rrh and rh occur in personal names as early as the mid-second millennium B.C.E., for which see W.F.
Albright, "The Names Shaddai and Abram," JBL 54, 4 (1935) 191 n. 59. See also Q695 and Q772 below
for the same reading in 4QDeutj and 4QDeutn, and Q847 for the same reading in 5QDeut.