Hymn of Praise (3Q6) — Source Text

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3Q6 — Cave 3, Qumran

Hebrew transcription of 3Q6 (שיר, Song), as given in the Qimron composite edition. One small fragment, three lines. Herodian script. Published in DJD III (Baillet, Milik, de Vaux, 1962), p. 98. The apparatus confirms connections to Psalm 33–34 and Psalm 147:1.


קטע 1 — קריאות מאושרות

שורה 1: ה אשר ישמחו — [in hi]m, who will rejoice — cf. תהלים לד:ג / לג:כא

שורה 2: [ויש]ירם יערב על — [and their] song will be pleasant — cf. תהלים קמז:א (יַעֲרַב שִׂיחִי / נָאוָה תְּהִלָּה)

שורה 3: [ל]עולם וה[ללו]ה — [for]ever, and hallelu[jah]


Source Colophon

Hebrew transcription from Elisha Qimron, The Dead Sea Scrolls — The Hebrew Writings, vol. 1 (Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press, 2010), p. 98. Critical apparatus from DJD III (Baillet, Milik, de Vaux; Oxford: Clarendon, 1962).

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