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From: dwashbur@nyx.net (David Washburn)
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Subject: Re: Isa 13:16 in IQisa
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>  
> > The second problem is more cultural--I assume. In the MT of Isa 13:16 is
> > the rather rare root $gl meaning "to violate, ravish" (BDB 993b); that
> > is, "to rape." Because of its supposedly obscene meaning, the word is
> > glossed with the Qr $kb, "to lie with" (and as found in Targum
> > Jonathan). In IQisa, however, the word is smudged (?) out leaving only
> > t---nh (cf. Scrolls from Qumran Cave I, J.C. Trever, plate XI). Is there
> > evidence of a seemingly prudish tradition at Qumran? Or, am I reading
> > too much into a "coincidental" smudge?

Several words above and below this word seem to be smudged, as well.  I'm 
looking at the same plate you referenced, and there is what appears to be 
a water stain or some sort of spill in that general area, beginning 3 or 
4 lines above the word in question and fanning out down to the bottom of 
the page.  It looks accidental to me.

> Kutscher does not mention this one in his list of erasures (p531f.).  
> This tradition of glossing $gl with $kb occurs in other places (e.g. Ruth 
> 3:4, Jeremiah 3:2, Zechariah 14:2).  Have you checked to see if any of 
> these passages were found among the Qumran scrolls?

Isa 13:16 is preserved also in 1QIsa(b), but I don't have the photo 
available.  It appears in E. L. Sukenik, "Dead Sea Scrolls of theHebrew 
University."  I have not found Ruth 3:4 among the DSS; likewise for 
Jeremiah 3:2 and Zech 14:2.  But my listing is only current through DJD 9.
I'm working on getting the newest volumes (not easy in rural Wyoming) and 
getting this book published one of these days...

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Dave
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