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

III. Apparatus I: The Versions
hapl haplography 70
Hier
readings in Jerome’s commentary
homoio homoioteleuton/homoioarchton or omission caused by a scribal
factor 71
homophony the translator chose the translational equivalent to imitate the sound
of the Hebrew 72
idiom idiomatic usage
init
beginning of verse
inner-]([}) inner-versional corruption/development
k/q
ketib/qere
k/y
ketib/yetir
lexic
problematic lexicographical identification of word in x
ms(s)
(unspecified) manuscript(s)
nom/pron interchange of noun/pronoun
nom/verb interchange of nominal form of lexeme with verbal form
om omission (also >)
p
perhaps
parall
difference deriving from the influence of a syntactic parallel in the
immediate context, at the scribal or translational level
phon
indicates a phonetic problem in x, for example, an interchange of
final m / o, etc.
pict
translation reflecting a different understanding of x, especially in
figurative passages
pr placed before; preceded by 73
prec
compare similar problem in a preceding lemma or same verse
Rabb Heb etymological derivation based on Rabbinic Hebrew
rep
repetition resulting in figura etymologica, etc.
retrov retroverted from a version
seq
refers to similar or pertinent data in the continuation of the verse or
immediate context, a subsequent lemma, or, when specified, apparatus
slot
replacement of ‘redundant’ or difficult word with new content
struct
different understanding of the sentence structure or different division
of words between clauses
70 Cf. ‘ditt’.
71 It is sometimes difficult to determine precisely what text is missing, for example, at 40:8.
72 Cf. E. Tov, “Loan Words, Homophony and Transliterations in the Septuagint,” Biblica 60 (1979)
216–236; cf., for example, 23:42, n. 1; 47:3, n. 4.
73 Sometimes used together with the notation ‘init’; cf. above, §41.
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