QERE

'Qere' (from Aramaic קרי "to be read") is a marginal note in a traditional Hebrew text, especially the Hebrew Bible. In contrast to Kethib, Qere is an attempt by the Masoretic scribes to indicate a reading of the text preferred by them, without changing the consonant letters of the traditional Biblical text as it had been handed down to them (hence the appearance of the consonant letters of the Qere only in the margin). These emendations can be considered matters of scribal opinion, but nevertheless modern translators tend to adhere to the Qere above the Kethib.

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See also

★ Q're perpetuum (explains details).

External links

★ The KJV Qere List - a list of where the King James Bible uses the Qere.

★ The Origins of ''Ketiv-Qere'' Readings - article by Michael Graves in TC: ''A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism''. Vol.8 (2003).