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 (image of the Siloam inscription in ancient script)

Rem.&mdash;Line 1 probably began with, cf. , since there is hardly room for.

Line 2. The reading is supported by the fact that a trace of the top of the  is visible; cf Lidzbarski,, i. 53. The next word was probably, as P. Haupt suggests,, the imperf. consec. Qal or Nipḥʿal.

Line 3. , not found in the Old Testament, most probably means a cleft, crack, but the etymology and consequently the pronunciation of it [?] are still doubtful.