Psalm 78/Notes/Grammar.v. 69.814644

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For the alternative emendation בְּאֶרֶץ for the MT's כְּ֝אֶ֗רֶץ, see the LXX and Syr.,[1] though Jerome's Hebr., Symmachus and TgPs follow the MT.[2] Kennicott lists six manuscripts which read בארץ (VTH, vol 4, 376), though de-Rossi adds a significant number (Variae Lectiones, vol 4, 54). BL Or 1477 also unambiguously reads vaˀārāts, both with ב and the definite article. The comparative כְּ seems preferable in light of the A-line (cf. also v. 72, in which two instances of בְּ has been deemed preferable).

  1. ↑ These read ἐν τῇ γῇ and ܒܐܪܥܐ, respectively.
  2. ↑ These read quasi terram, ὡς τὴν γῆν, and היך ארעא.