THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL Moshe H. Goshen-Gottstein Shemaryahu ...

III. Apparatus I: The Versions
original language. A suggested retroversion or seemingly appropriate exegetical solution is
given in the explanatory notes.
a) Graphic symbols: 46
+ plus, addition to the base text (`)
~ difference in word order, transposition of words or parts of a sentence 47
rst cross reference to a similar reading in another apparatus 48
# $ retroverted reading, or a reading ‘issuing from’, or ‘developing towards’
, taken as a single syntactic unit in a version, or marked with a conjunctive
accent in x
v read with a division between the parts of a sentence in a version, or with a
disjunctive accent in x
\ derivation from a specific root or nominal form, frequently in connection
with ‘lexic’ 49
> lacking in a version
… words left out in quote (ellipsis; see §43)
= equals, in relation between versions (see §46)
+ equals almost/approximately, in relation between versions (see §46)
J equivalent with, appropriate rendition 50
p indicates a parallel passage, as specified in the notes (see §50)
; 7 reading causes necessary further change (in notes)
* hypothetical form; no evidence in Hebrew, Greek, etc. morphology (in
notes)
Cf. also the sigla mentioned in §55.
b) Symbols indicating phenomena take the place of explicit quotations and as a rule require
no comment: 51
coniug
dem
variant relating to the conjugation of the verb (binyan), for example
qal/pi5el; qal/hiph5il, etc.
variation pertaining to a demonstrative pronoun, including plus or minus
46 Parentheses serve in the usual manner.
47 In case of transpositions the marker also appears at the appropriate place in the lemma. Cases of
transposition in LXX of Ezekiel are discussed in G. Marquis, “Word Order,“ Textus (above, n. 6).
48 Cf. above, §18. Cross-references, even if a reading is only partially parallel, are from Apparatus I, to
II, III, and/or IV, from Apparatus II to III and/or IV, and from Apparatus III to IV. There are no
references in the reverse direction.
49 Homographic roots are separated by Roman numerals, according to the listing in BDB (cf., e.g.,
26:10, n. 1, 16, n. 4).
50 Used in the notes. In most cases the equivalence is a ‘real’ one, that is, it is attested elsewhere. For
others, the equivalence may be hypothetical.
51 This and the following lists present the most important items in the ‘index of phenomena’ (cf. above,
§34), and include comments in the notes when necessary.
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