Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Peter Bekins’s Translation of Ketef Hinnom Amulet 1

  

 

Translation:

 

1 [    ] Yahw[eh 2     3 the g]rea[t who keeps] 4 the covenant and 5 [the] loyalty toward those who lo[ve 6 him] and keep [his commandments]

7 [     ] 8 the eternal [    9 the] blessing from ever [sn]are 10 and from evil 11 because redemption 12 is in him, for Yahweh 13 is our [re]storer [and] a rock.

(14) May Yahweh 15 bless (you), [and 16 may he] keep you; [may] 17 Yahweh cause 18 his face to sh[ine upon you]. (Peter Bekins, Inscriptions from the World of the Bible: A Reader and Introduction to Old Northwest Semitic [Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Academic, 2020], 134)

 

 

   

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