Using the Apparatus in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia--Basic Terms

A key to the apparatus is provided on pp. xliv-l (unfortunately only in Latin). Listed below are
some of the basic concepts. At times an English key is provided with the purchase of your
Hebrew Bible.

A squiggle = Samaritan Pentateuch a = from

= Aquila 2nd c. CE translation ac = and also
= Theodotion 2nd c. CE translation al = some
= Symmachus 2nd c. CE translation alit = otherwise
a gothic A = Arabic c = with
BHK = Biblia Hebraica, edited by Kittel ca= about
1937 cit = citations in rabbinic literature
BHS = Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia 1977 cop = conjunction
C = the Cairo Codex of the Prophets 10c CE. cp = chapter
G = The Septuagint or Old Greek or LXX dl = delete
G* = the original Septuagint dttg = dittography
GA = Codex Alexandrinus 5c CE. ex = from
GB = Codex Vaticanus 4c CE exc = there has fallen out
GL = Lucianic recension 4th c (contains proto frt = perhaps
Lucianic readings from 1st c. BCE) homark = homoioarchton
G S= Codex Sinaiticus 4c CE homtel = homoioteleuton
Hier = Jerome ins = insert
K = Kethib interv = interval
L = Codex Leningradensis 11c CE l = read!
gothic L = Old Latin m cs = an emendation made on the basis of
M = Masoretic Text meter
Mm = Masora Magna mlt = many
Mp = Masora parva nom = noun
Ms(s) = hebrew manuscript(s) collated by nonn = some
Kennicott and de Rossi in the late 18th c. om = omit
Pes R = Pesiqta rabbati (rabbinic sermons) pc = few
Q = Qere pr = puts before
gothic Q = Qumran or Dead Sea Scrolls prb = probably
S = Syriac rel = the rest
Sebir = ancient (unfavored) suggestions sec = according to
Syh = Syrohexapla sol = only
T = Targum or Aramaic translation tr = transposes word order
Tiq soph = correction by the scribes (18 total) ut = as
V = Vulgate v = against
Vrs = the ancient versions in general var = variant reading
vb = word or words
vel = or
vid = see
> = is lacking in

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 See also Reinhard Wonneberger, Understanding BHS. A Manual for the Users of Biblia
Hebraica Stuttgartensia.
2004 Ralph W. Klein

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