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Isolated letters in Khabouris - Burning one - 12-20-2008
Shlama to all,
i.e., qoph, samekh, beyt
Is there any relevance to these little loners? Are they akin to the petuchot and setumot markers in the Torah?
Just wondering....
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy
Re: Isolated letters in Khabouris - Stephen Silver - 12-20-2008
Burning one Wrote:Shlama to all,
i.e., qoph, samekh, beyt
Is there any relevance to these little loners? Are they akin to the petuchot and setumot markers in the Torah?
Just wondering....
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy
Shabbat Shalom Akhi Jeremy:
The individual letters always appear at the end of a line and are just fill. The other type of fill is an uncompleted word at the end of the previous line. These fillers serve the same purpose as the line drawn after the written amount of a cheque. They prevent any additions to the line by unscrupulous redactors.
Shlama,
Stephen
Re: Isolated letters in Khabouris - Burning one - 12-20-2008
Shlama akhi Stephen,
much thanks for the clarification!
so i guess my next question is if this was common practice in ancient Aramaic writings or is it unique to Khabouris?
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy