Cave 11 Hymn Fragments (11Q15-16) — Source Text

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Hebrew apparatus readings from Qimron composite edition, vol. 3, p. 249. The primary manuscript text is preserved in Miqdas Type1 encoding (not extractable from the PDF); the readings below are from the RamatGan Unicode apparatus and represent confirmed attested content.


11Q15 — Apparatus Readings

שורה 2: מקדש ה' כוננו ידיך — "the sanctuary of the LORD which your hands established" (Exodus 15:17)

שורה 5–6: כבודם ומעשיהם ועמלו — "their glory and their works and their toil"

שורה 6: ואין מידה כמוכה — "there is no measure like you"


11Q16 — Apparatus Readings

מגיד מראשית אחרית ומקדם — "declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times" (Isaiah 46:10)

אשר לא נעשו — "things not yet done" (Isaiah 46:10 cont.)


Cave 11 Akedah Fragment — Apparatus Readings (Eshel & Eshel 2005)

שורה 1: ויאמר [א]לה[ים] לאברהם — "And God said [to Abraham]" (Genesis 22:1)

שורה 2: [ק]ח [את יצ]חק ... ועצים — "Take [Isaac] ... and wood" (Genesis 22:2–3)

שורה 3: ומלאך ה' — "And the angel of the LORD" (Genesis 22:11)


Source Colophon

Hebrew transcription from Elisha Qimron, The Dead Sea Scrolls: The Hebrew Writings, vol. 3 (Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press, 2015), p. 249. Cave 11 Akedah fragments from Esther Eshel and Hanan Eshel, "New Fragments from Qumran," Dead Sea Discoveries 12 (2005), pp. 142–144.

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