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Reconsidering Habakkuk 1:8

Alter Orient und Altes Testament 426. This study argues that the phrase prSyw wprSyw should be emended to prSyw wprsw, "their horses (or: horsemen) swarm out". This reading is indirectly supported by some of the ancient witnesses (LXX and 1QpHab) and is better suited to its context than the Massoretic version.

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