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Masoretic Text

The Masoretic text is the standard Hebrew text of the Old Testament. Originally, words in this text were written only in consonants. Later, in the early Middle Ages, vowels were added to the text. This addition of vowel signs is called “vocalisation”.

The Masoretes

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