What is the meaning and translation of the 'postscript' at the end of the book of Lamentations as is recorded in the Stuttgartensia?
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My Hebrew is not good enough to provide a translation but these postscripts usually provide a summary of the numbers of verses and sections in the text. See this question for a similar example. – Dan Fefferman Mar 23 '24 at 18:33
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Thanks Dan. That certainly makes sense given the meticulousness of the scribes in transcribing the text. – ed huff Mar 23 '24 at 20:34
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I figured out that the Hebrew קנד with a small dot over each letter is translated as 154 the number of verses in the book. I believe the beginning couple of lines read something like: "sum of judgement[s] of book (154)." The last two lines with the number 16 superscripted to the left of תחת is a bit of a mystery. Like the example pointed out to me by Dan, do these lines somehow refer to sections? – ed huff Mar 24 '24 at 03:33