Masoretic Text

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The Masoretic Text is the authoritative Hebrew version of the Jewish Bible, meticulously preserved and standardized by Jewish scribes known as the Masoretes between the 7th and 10th centuries CE.

All labels observed (25)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew Bible text tradition ⓘ
Jewish religious text ⓘ
biblical manuscript tradition ⓘ
basedOn earlier Hebrew textual traditions ⓘ
canonicalStatus authoritative text of the Jewish Bible ⓘ
collectiveNameFor Tanakh ⓘ
contrastedWith Dead Sea Scrolls biblical texts ⓘ
Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ
developedBy Masoretes ⓘ
linked to: Masorah
feature Masorah magna ⓘ
linked to: Masorah

Masorah parva ⓘ
linked to: Masorah

accentuation system ⓘ
cantillation marks ⓘ
consonantal text ⓘ
ketiv-qere readings ⓘ
marginal notes ⓘ
orthographic standardization ⓘ
vocalization marks ⓘ
hasPart Ketuvim ⓘ
Neviim ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
influenced Christian Old Testament translations ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
notableScholar Aaron ben Moses ben Asher ⓘ
linked to: Aaron ben Asher
notableSchool Babylonian Masoretic school ⓘ
Palestinian Masoretic school ⓘ
linked to: Masorah

Tiberian Masoretic school ⓘ
preservedIn Aleppo Codex ⓘ
Leningrad Codex ⓘ
primaryLocationOfActivity Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia

Palestine ⓘ
Tiberias ⓘ
purpose to preserve the precise wording of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
to standardize pronunciation and chanting of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
scriptType square Aramaic script ⓘ
standardizedBy Masoretes ⓘ
linked to: Masorah
timePeriod 10th century CE ⓘ
7th century CE ⓘ
8th century CE ⓘ
9th century CE ⓘ
usedAs authoritative Hebrew Bible text in Judaism ⓘ
usedBy Karaite Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Karaite Jews

Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (110)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Psalm 90 → includedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Mikraot Gedolot → contains → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Exodus 13:16 → textualTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
BHS → usesTextType → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Leningrad Codex → textType → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Huldah → sourceText → Masoretic Text ⓘ
YHWH → scripturalTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
1 Kings → textualTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Orpah → textualTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Books of Samuel → preservedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Biblia Hebraica Quinta → includes → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Biblia Hebraica Quinta → focusesOn → Masoretic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text
Mephibosheth → primarySourceText → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Meshach → languageContext → Hebrew Bible context ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text
Book of Nahum → preservedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Psalm 79 → includedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Ahaziah → sourceText → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Methuselah → appearsIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Greek Daniel → differsFrom → Masoretic Text of Daniel ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text
Book of Haggai → includedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Psalm 48 → includedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Psalm 82 → textualTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Psalm 73 → includedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Psalm 75 → includedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
11Q5 → relatedTo → Masoretic Text of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text
Tiberian cantillation → appliesTo → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Ta'amei ha-mikra → usedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
subject linked to: ta'amei ha-mikra
Torah reading → textSource → Masoretic Text of the Torah ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text
Psalm 80 → tradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Psalm 115 → includedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Psalm 135 → tradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Psalm 107:23 → locatedInText → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Psalm 131 → includedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Aleppo Codex fragments → tradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Aleppo Codex fragments → relatedTo → Masoretic Text tradition of Tiberias ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text
RSV → basedOnTexts → Hebrew Masoretic Text ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text
American Standard Version → textualBasis → Masoretic Text (Old Testament) ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text
Kedemah → hasSource → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Eldaah → sourceTextTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Pishon → textualTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Goliath → languageOfName → Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text
Beth-togarmah → textualTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Habakkuk 2:4 → textualTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Psalm 145 → tradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Complutensian Polyglot Bible → includesText → Masoretic Hebrew text ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text
Lamech → appearsIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
R. Yosef Kara → textualFocus → Hebrew Masoretic Text ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text