Each verse begins with the next letter in the alphabet, but "N" is missing in the MT. In the DSS it is there, so somehow a scribe left this verse out. Another important difference is in I Samuel 11 where the MT is shortened. The Longer reading in the DSS explains what happens in ...
There have been a number of cases throughout history of Jews adapting the Hebrew alphabet to the languages they spoke at the time even though these were entirely different from Hebrew. The most famous of these are Ladino and Yiddish, the first of which is a Romance language and the second...
For example, the RNKJV translation attempts to display Hebrew names, especially God's name YHWH, in Hebrew alphabet, even in the midst of surrounding text in Latin alphabet. Hebrew language writes from right to left and you will have to manage to typeset Hebrew words correctly. In case ...
Hebrew alphabetTorah scroll opened to Deuteronomy 6:4 with a yad. TheHebrew Bibleis often known among Jews as TaNaKh, anacronymderived from the names of its three divisions:Torah(Instruction, or Law, also called the Pentateuch),Neviʾim(Prophets), andKetuvim(Writings, referred to as the ...