Actually I slightly misunderstood Ed Cook's point concerning the interlinear waw error possibility (of BT*W*LTW, with *W* being the interlinear insertion). Cook was not saying the interlinear waw itself was to be disregarded, but that the scribe meant to write Qal (BTLWTW), wrote BTLTW by mistake in rapid writing, noticed the defective T- ending, intended to correct it with an interlinear waw, and by mistake wrote the suspended waw one letter too early. On this assumption the form is Qal, and the scribe's intention was to correct to a routine Qal form (but the scribe got the interlinear correction one letter out of place). I see your point now Ed!
I hadn't thought of that, and that is interesting. Analysis: since piel is not a problem as to form (per the reasons of my last post) that removes that as an issue. But the defective T- ending for the infinitive construct is less common. I noted (from Abegg 1998: 351) wlr(ts)t at 1QS 8.3 instead of expected wlr(ts)wt. Also, pHab 9.10 has l'nwtw with the first waw interlinear, exactly the kind of correction Cook suggests was intended in the present case at 4Q282i (except that in 4Q282i the scribe would have misplaced the correction by one space). It is far more common to have the TW- ending than defective T- for infinitive construct (either qal or piel). By my piel explanation, BTWLTW of 4Q282i simply is one more of the relatively few cases in which this occurs in Qumran texts (as at 1QS 8.3). But by Cook's suggestion the scribe's intent with the correction would give a routine and expected qal form with expected TW- spelling. (But the scribe misplaced the interlinear waw in making the correction.) This IS interesting. Are there other cases of misplaced interlinear waw corrections? I do not know of any offhand and do not have DJD volumes or Tov articles at hand to check (and because I had not thought of this possibility, did not check for comparative examples on this point). If this phenomenon happens elsewhere, particularly with any frequency, that would be persuasive to me. However, if no other cases can be cited in Qumran texts of misplaced waw corrections, then that would weigh against it happening uniquely in this case, to me. Does anyone else have thoughts or data on this? Apart from reconstructing the details of this particular word, the subject of errors and error correction phenomena in the Qumran texts is fascinating to me. Greg Doudna For private reply, e-mail to "Greg Doudna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from Orion, e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: "unsubscribe Orion." Archives are on the Orion Web site, http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il. (PLEASE REMOVE THIS TRAILOR BEFORE REPLYING TO THE MESSAGE)
