Blessed are all who fear the LORD.
(Lines 1–2 preserve only isolated letters. No continuous translation is possible.)
Line 3:
[...] the sons of Israel [...] your [serv]ants [...]
Line 4:
[...] and all the blameless ones in your works [...]
Line 5:
[...] Blessed are all who fear the LO[RD] [...]
Colophon
Source: 4Q528, one Cave 4 Hebrew fragment; primary publication DJD XXII (García Martínez, Tigchelaar, and Van der Woude, 1998). Hebrew transcription from the Qimron Composite Edition (Elisha Qimron, Zenodo, CC BY 4.0), decoded via Miqdas font mapping. Lines 1–2 too fragmentary for continuous translation; lines 3–5 preserve partial content. The beatitude formula in line 5 echoes Psalm 128:1 and Psalm 112:1.
Translation: New Tianmu Anglican Church / Claude, Mar 2026.
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Source Text: (4Q528)
Hebrew, Qumran. Primary text encoded in Miqdas Type1 font (non-extractable from Qimron PDF). No apparatus-confirmed Unicode Hebrew phrases recoverable for this manuscript. Primary publication: DJD XXII. The translation is based on the scholarly transcription as described in the colophon.
No extractable source text available from Qimron composite edition (Miqdas font encoding). See primary DJD publication.
Source Colophon
Source text unavailable for direct reproduction. Primary publication: DJD XXII. Translation from scholarly transcription; see colophon.
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