Masoretic Text

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Hebrew Bible text tradition Jewish religious text biblical manuscript tradition

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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Masoretic Text canonical 41
Hebrew Masoretic Text 2
Hebrew Bible 1

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 Masorah ⓘ
surface form: Masoretes
feature Masorah ⓘ
surface form: Masorah magna

Masorah ⓘ
surface form: Masorah parva

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 ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
notableScholar Aaron ben Asher ⓘ
surface form: Aaron ben Moses ben Asher
notableSchool Babylonian Talmudic academies ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Masoretic school

Masorah ⓘ
surface form: Palestinian Masoretic school

Tiberian cantillation ⓘ
surface form: Tiberian Masoretic school
preservedIn Aleppo Codex fragments ⓘ
surface form: Aleppo Codex

Leningrad Codex ⓘ
primaryLocationOfActivity Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia

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 Masorah ⓘ
surface form: Masoretes
timePeriod 10th century CE ⓘ
7th century CE ⓘ
8th century CE ⓘ
9th century CE ⓘ
usedAs authoritative Hebrew Bible text in Judaism ⓘ
usedBy Karaite Jews ⓘ
surface form: Karaite Judaism

Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

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 Text ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretic tradition
Mephibosheth → primarySourceText → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Meshach → languageContext → Masoretic Text ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible context
Modern English Version → textualBasisOldTestament → 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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text of Daniel
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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text of Psalms
Tiberian cantillation → appliesTo → Masoretic Text ⓘ
ta'amei ha-mikra → usedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
subject surface form: Ta'amei ha-mikra
Torah reading → textSource → Masoretic Text ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text of the Torah
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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text tradition of Tiberias
RSV → basedOnTexts → Masoretic Text ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hebrew Masoretic Text
American Standard Version → textualBasis → Masoretic Text ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text (Old Testament)
Berechiah → associatedWithTextualTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Kedemah → hasSource → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Eldaah → sourceTextTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Pishon → textualTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Goliath → languageOfName → Masoretic Text ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hebrew Bible
entrance of Solomon’s Temple → mentionedIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Beth-togarmah → textualTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Habakkuk 2:4 → textualTradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Psalm 145 → tradition → Masoretic Text ⓘ
Complutensian Polyglot Bible → includesText → Masoretic Text ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretic Hebrew text
Lamech → appearsIn → Masoretic Text ⓘ
R. Yosef Kara → textualFocus → Masoretic Text ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hebrew Masoretic Text