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It should be well known that early mss. of the Torah and T'NaKh have many differences in male' and chaser. Even the Leningrad Ms. is dificient in this respect, having many, many cases where it differs not only from other mss. but from the Masorah that it has
in its margins. Menachem Cohen wrote a 100-page essay describing the matter at the end of the volume of his Miqra'ot Gedolot -- HaKeter on Y'shuvua' and Shoftim.</div>
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In particular, old Ashkenaz mss are particularly not so careful in male' and chaser.</div>
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I do not have a list of all the cases. In Breuer's work on reconstruction the Masoretic text he brings differences between his 8 or so first-class mss. But that does not include Ashkenaz mss. If you cannot find the source for the chaser spelling there, it
is probably from an Ashkenaz ms., particularly in view of the fact that you found it in the Hirsch Chumash.</div>
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I assume you checked it against R. Wolf Heidenheim's edition.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Mesorah <mesorah-bounces@lists.aishdas.org> on behalf of Akiva Miller via Mesorah <mesorah@lists.aishdas.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 24, 2020 8:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> mesorah@aishdas.org <mesorah@aishdas.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Mesorah] A typo in my Chumash?</font>
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<div>"Nachor" was the name both of Terach's father, and one of Terach's sons. This name appears eight times in Parshas Noach, Perek 11: once each in pesukim 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27, and twice in 29. In eight of my chumashim, it is spelled malei (with the
vav, for a total of four letters) all eight times.</div>
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<div>But there is one exception. In my Hirsch Chumash (Judaica Press Ltd., Gateshead 1973), Bereishis 11:24 has it spelled chaser - only three letters - nun, ches, resh, with no vav. I have attached a photo to this email, though I don't know if it will be passed
along to the mailing list. If anyone would like me to send it directly, just email me at
<a href="mailto:AkivaGMiller@gmail.com">AkivaGMiller@gmail.com</a></div>
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<div>MY QUESTION is this: Is this an error in this particular edition? Or might it be a variant spelling of some kind?</div>
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<div>Akiva Miller</div>
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