Tiqqun soferim
Introduction A chart listing 17 examples of ''tiqqunei sofrim'''''''Tiqqūn sōferīm''''' (, plural  ''tiqqūnēi sōferīm'') is a term from rabbinic literature meaning "correction/emendation of the scribes" or "scribal correction" and refers to a change of wording in the Tanakh in order to preserve the honor of God or for a similar reason. Today, the phrase ''Tiqqun Soferim'' can also refer to a copy of the Five Books of Moses that is used to copy therefrom the Torah scroll.
History and commentaries The first to use the term ''tiqqun soferim'' was Shimon ben Pazi (an amora); previously, the tannaim had used the phrase ''kina hakatuv'' ("the verse used a euphemism") in reference to the same verses.Many traditional commentators (including Elijah Mizrachi, Rashba, and Joseph Albo) consider ''tiqqunei soferim'' not as actual changes in the text, but rather as meaning that the original author acted like one who corrects a text for reasons of honoring God. On the other hand, modern scholars interpret the words of the old rabbis literally — that the text was corrected by later scribes, perhaps those of the Great Assembly that edited the Biblical corpus. Even among traditional commentators, including the Arukh and Rashi, there are those who believe that the ''tiqqunei soferim'' were actual changes that were made (and this seems to be stated explicitly in the Midrash Tanhuma).
Known examples The rabbis mentioned ''tiqqunei soferim'' in several places in their writings, with a total of about 18 ''tiqqunei soferim'' in all. However, some modern scholars argue that the rabbis did not give all the cases of ''tiqqun soferim'', and they try to identify other cases.An example of a ''tiqqun soferim'' can be seen in I Kings 21:12–13, where Naboth is accused of cursing God, but the text now has "blessed" since it is not fitting that the name of God should appear after the word "cursed": "Naboth has blessed God and King" instead of "Naboth has cursed God and King".The Further reading section below contains a link to the HCSB's footnotes which makes the tiqqune clearer. '''S = Tiqqun remains in main text''' '''Passage''' Nondenom: NIV Nondenom/Crossway: ESV Catholic: NAB C of E: AKJV Orthodox: RSV SBC: HCSB SBC/Lockman: NASB Methodist: NLT BibleHub Interlinear:  WLC  Academic-Bible.com:  Stutgartensia   Chabad:  AJR  Chabad:  AJRH  Sefaria:  JPS2006/JPS1985  Sefaria: he.wikisource.org Mechon Mamre (MM):  JPS1917  MM: Mamre Institute Genesis 18:22  S S  S S S S  S S S S S S S S Numbers 11:15 S S  S S S S    S S S S S S Numbers 12:12  S S S S S    S S S S S S 1 Samuel 3:13    S  S S  S S S S S S S S 2 Samuel 16:12         S   S S 2 Samuel 20:1 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 1 Kings 12:16 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 2 Chronicles 10:16 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Ezekiel 8:17 S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S Habakkuk 1:12  S  S S  S  S S S S   S S Malachi 1:13    S  S         Zechariah 2:8 (or 12) S S  S S S S  S S S S S S S S Jeremiah 2:11 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Job 7:20  S S   S  S S S S S S S S Hosea 4:7 S     S        Job 32:3 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Lamentations 3:20 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Psalms 106:20 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Malachi 1:12   S   S        Malachi 3:9             2 Samuel 12:14    S       S S S S S S 1 Kings 21:10               1 Kings 21:13                Job 1:5                Job1:11                Job 2:5                Job 2:9
See also * Qere and ketiv* Sofer (scribe)*
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References
Further reading * W.  Emery Barnes,  ''Ancient Corrections In the Text of the Old Testament (Tikkun Soopherim)'', JTS, 1 (1900), pp 387–414. * Carmel McCarthy, The Tiqqune Sopherim and Other Theological Corrections in the Masoretic Text of the Old Testament. Freiburg & Göttingen: Universitätsverlag, 1981. * Moshe Zipor, The Masoretic Eighteen Tiqqune Soferim: The Birth and Transformations of a Tradition. Jerusalem: World Union of Jewish Studies, 1990. *  The tiqqun soferim verses on Biblegateway (in the HCSB, except for the final 2 verses because of Biblegateway's limit). * Ge 18:22 (Catholic: NAB)* Nu 11:15 (Catholic: NAB)* Nu 12:12 (Catholic: NAB)* 1Sa 3:13 (Catholic: NAB)* 2Sa 16:12 (Catholic: NAB)* 2Sa 20:1 (Catholic: NAB)* 1Ki 12:16 (Catholic: NAB)* 2Ch 10:16 (Catholic: NAB)* Eze 8:17 (Catholic: NAB)* Hab 1:12 (Catholic: NAB)* Mal 1:13 (Catholic: NAB)* Zec 2:12 (Catholic: NAB)* Jer 2:11 (Catholic: NAB)* Job 7:20 (Catholic: NAB)* Ho 4:7 (Catholic: NAB)* Job 32:3 (Catholic: NAB)* La 3:20 (Catholic: NAB)* Ps 106:20 (Catholic: NAB)* Mal 1:12 (Catholic: NAB)* Mal 3:9 (Catholic: NAB)* 2Sa 12:14 (Catholic: NAB)* 1Ki 21:10 (Catholic: NAB)* 1Ki 21:13 (Catholic: NAB)* Job 1:5 (Catholic: NAB)* Job 1:11 (Catholic: NAB)* Job 2:5 (Catholic: NAB)* Job 2:9 (Catholic: NAB)* Ge 18:22 (Interlinear (Int): NASB/WLC)* Nu 11:15 (Int: NASB)* Nu 12:12 (Int: NASB)* 1Sa 3:13 (Int: NASB)* 2Sa 16:12 (Int: NASB)* 2Sa 20:1 (Int: NASB)* 1Ki 12:16 (Int: NASB)* 2Ch 10:16 (Int: NASB)* Eze 8:17 (Int: NASB)* Hab 1:12 (Int: NASB)* Mal 1:13 (Int: NASB)* Zec 2:8 (Int: NASB)* Jer 2:11 (Int: NASB)* Job 7:20 (Int: NASB)* Ho 4:7 (Int: NASB)* Job 32:3 (Int: NASB)* La 3:20 (Int: NASB)* Ps 106:20 (Int: NASB)* Mal 1:12 (Int: NASB)* Mal 3:9 (Int: NASB)* 2Sa 12:14 (Int: NASB)* 1Ki 21:10 (Int: NASB)* 1Ki 21:13 (Int: NASB)* Job 1:5 (Int: NASB)* Job 1:11 (Int: NASB)* Job 2:5 (Int: NASB)* Job 2:9 (Int: NASB)* Ge 18:22 (Stuttgartensia)* Nu 11:15 (Stuttgartensia)* Nu 12:12 (Stuttgartensia)* 1Sa 3:13 (Stuttgartensia)* 2Sa 16:12 (Stuttgartensia)* 2Sa 20:1 (Stuttgartensia)* 1Ki 12:16 (Stuttgartensia)* 2Ch 10:16 (Stuttgartensia)* Eze 8:17 (Stuttgartensia)* Hab 1:12 (Stuttgartensia)* Mal 1:13 (Stuttgartensia)* Zec 2:12 (Stuttgartensia)* Jer 2:11 (Stuttgartensia)* Job 7:20 (Stuttgartensia)* Ho 4:7 (Stuttgartensia)* Job 32:3 (Stuttgartensia)* La 3:20 (Stuttgartensia)* Ps 106:20 (Stuttgartensia)* Mal 1:12 (Stuttgartensia)* Mal 3:9 (Stuttgartensia)* 2Sa 12:14 (Stuttgartensia)* 1Ki 21:10 (Stuttgartensia)* 1Ki 21:13 (Stuttgartensia)* Job 1:5 (Stuttgartensia)* Job 1:11 (Stuttgartensia)* Job 2:5 (Stuttgartensia)* Job 2:9 (Stuttgartensia)* Ge 18:22 (Chabad: AJR/AJRH) - Chabad's Eng is AJR (& Chabad's Heb is also by Avrahom Yosef Rosenberg). * Nu 11:15 (Chabad: AJR)* Nu 12:12 (Chabad: AJR)* 1Sa 3:13 (Chabad: AJR)* 2Sa 16:12 (Chabad: AJR)* 2Sa 20:1 (Chabad: AJR)* 1Ki 12:16 (Chabad: AJR)* 2Ch 10:16 (Chabad: AJR)* Eze 8:17 (Chabad: AJR)* Hab 1:12 (Chabad: AJR)* Mal 1:13 (Chabad: AJR)* Zec 2:12 (Chabad: AJR)* Jer 2:11 (Chabad: AJR)* Job 7:20 (Chabad: AJR)* Ho 4:7 (Chabad: AJR)* Job 32:3 (Chabad: AJR)* La 3:20 (Chabad: AJR)* Ps 106:20 (Chabad: AJR)* Mal 1:12 (Chabad: AJR)* Mal 3:9 (Chabad: AJR)* 2Sa 12:14 (Chabad: AJR)* 1Ki 21:10 (Chabad: AJR)* 1Ki 21:13 (Chabad: AJR)* Job 1:5 (Chabad: AJR)* Job 1:11 (Chabad: AJR)* Job 2:5 (Chabad: AJR)* Job 2:9 (Chabad: AJR)* Ge 18:22 (Sefaria: JPS2006/he.wikisource.org)* Nu 11:15 (Sefaria: JPS2006)* Nu 12:12 (Sefaria: JPS2006)* 1Sa 3:13 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* 2Sa 16:12 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* 2Sa 20:1 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* 1Ki 12:16 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* 2Ch 10:16 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Eze 8:17 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Hab 1:12 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Mal 1:13 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Zec 2:12 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Jer 2:11 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Job 7:20 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Ho 4:7 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Job 32:3 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* La 3:20 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Ps 106:20 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Mal 1:12 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Mal 3:9 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* 2Sa 12:14 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* 1Ki 21:10 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* 1Ki 21:13 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Job 1:5 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Job 1:11 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Job 2:5 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Job 2:9 (Sefaria: JPS1985)* Ge 18:22 (Mechon Mamre (MM): JPS1917/Mamre Institute)* Nu 11:15 (MM: JPS1917)* Nu 12:12 (MM: JPS1917)* 1Sa 3:13 (MM: JPS1917)* 2Sa 16:12 (MM: JPS1917)* 2Sa 20:1 (MM: JPS1917)* 1Ki 12:16 (MM: JPS1917)* 2Ch 10:16 (MM: JPS1917)* Eze 8:17 (MM: JPS1917)* Hab 1:12 (MM: JPS1917)* Mal 1:13 (MM: JPS1917)* Zec 2:12 (MM: JPS1917)* Jer 2:11 (MM: JPS1917)* Job 7:20 (MM: JPS1917)* Ho 4:7 (MM: JPS1917)* Job 32:3 (MM: JPS1917)* La 3:20 (MM: JPS1917)* Ps 106:20 (MM: JPS1917)* Mal 1:12 (MM: JPS1917)* Mal 3:9 (MM: JPS1917)* 2Sa 12:14 (MM: JPS1917)* 1Ki 21:10 (MM: JPS1917)* 1Ki 21:13 (MM: JPS1917)* Job 1:5 (MM: JPS1917)* Job 1:11 (MM: JPS1917)* Job 2:5 (MM: JPS1917)* Job 2:9 (MM: JPS1917)