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Penitential Prayer — Source Text

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Hebrew, Qumran Cave 4. Apparatus-verified readings only, after Qimron composite edition (Zenodo, CC BY 4.0), p. 887. Lacunae marked with [...]; no text conjectured.

Fragment 1 (Apparatus-Confirmed Readings)

[...] [...] טוב[...] לנו [...]
מימי אבתינו אנחנו
   באשמה גדלה עד היום הזה [...]
[...] משלה רוחי גורלי [...]
[...] קצת משפטך האמת[ה] [...]
[...] כל אויבינו [...]
[...]

Fragment 2 (Apparatus-Confirmed Vocabulary)

[...]
[...] מועדינו [...]
[...] אלהינו [...]
[...]

(Fragment 2 too lacunose for continuous translation; vocabulary only.)

Apparatus Note

Cross-reference: "כל אכל תתעב נפשם" (Ps 107:18 — their soul loathes all food) confirmed in Qimron apparatus. Placement relative to Fragment 1 uncertain.

Source Colophon

Apparatus-verified Hebrew after Elisha Qimron, The Dead Sea Scrolls: The Hebrew and Aramaic Texts (Zenodo 2020, CC BY 4.0), p. 887. Biblical cross-references: Ezra 9:7 (verbatim in line 2), Ps 107:18. Lacunae marked with [...]; no text conjectured beyond apparatus-confirmed readings.

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