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 (b) Massora finalis at the end of the several books, counting Samuel, Kings, Minor Prophets, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, each as one book. On all three varieties see especially Ginsburg,, p. 423 ff., and the appendices containing (p. 983 ff.) the masoretic treatise from the St. Petersburg MS. of A.D. 1009, and (p. 1000 ff.) specimens of the Masora parva and magna on two chapters.

In nearly all printed editions only the Masora finalis is found, indicating the number of verses, the middle point of the book, &c., and a scanty selection from the Masora parva. The following alphabetical list of technical expressions (some of them Aramaic) and abbreviations, may suffice with the help of the lexicon to elucidate the subject. Further details will be found in the appendix to Teile’s edition of the Hebrew O.T., p. 1222 ff.

. . . = in the formula i.e. although no ˒Athnaḥ or Soph-pasuq is written.

, before names of vowels or accents, as used instead of Pathaḥ .– as a numeral=two, as in. , see. = (Aramaic) ; pl. .=. (Aram.).

fem. (or Mappiq). .

fem. (Aram.).

, e.g.  because not referring to God. . written defectively, also wanting as.

(see ); in Hiphil.

.

. (Aram.), as adv..

= (Aram., from )=the form is not found elsewhere.

. i.e. written. = . = ., the name of the strangely formed Nûns before ff. ., the name for all the O.T. scriptures. .

fem., i.e. not sounded. , i.e. only retained orthographically. ..

see. ,, esp. a mnemonic word or, frequently, sentence. = . =.

of a page.

a masoretic verse. , esp. in the phrase, e.g. ; cf. H. Grätz,, 1878, p. 481 ff., and H. Strack, ibid. 1879, p. 26 ff.

=, see above, c. properly. fem. . of the sacred text.

,, (Aram., all fem. sing.).

(consisting of more than one letter). (, 3). (Aram.).