APPENDIX ANCIENT HEBREW PAPYRI |
Provisional Translation by Dr. H. Hirschfeld | FRAGMENT A | | LINE | | 1. | (relic of selah [?]). | | 2. | Wells ... hewn ... | | 3. | To lead ... to this ... | | 4. | They rejoice ... they decay ... | | 5. | In the light, or (with ? added) the path ... | | 6. | Of the Temple ... He has put to shame ... | | 7. | They trembled, languished, turned to Thee ... | | 8. | With glee and holy convocation ... | | 9. | In the assembly of holy myriads ... | | 10. | When mountain peaks frowned (see Psalm lxviii. 16-17) ... | | 11. | Myrrh and cinnamon ... | | 12. | I am inundated with tribulation ... | | 13. | ... | | 14. | Kings ... | | 15. | Engraved. | | 16. | Remember and ... | | 17. | ? | | (Probably a lament on the destruction of the Temple.) | | FRAGMENT B | | 1. | ? | | 2. | surrounding (?) | | 3. | ? | | 4. | path ? | | 5. | | 6. | upon the earth (land ?). | | FRAGMENT C | | 1. | ? ? | | 2. | ? | | 3. | ? | | 4. | ... males ... | | 5. | ... and avenge the sanctuary ... | | 6. | Thou hast ... ? us a kingdom of priests ... | | 7. | ... a kingdom ... ? | | FRAGMENT D | | 1 to 5. | illegible and untranslatable. | | 6. | Joel ... ? | | 7. | And Nehemiah. Nahor ... ? in judgement (?). | | 8 to 10. | illegible ... |
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