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  1. Masorah

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    Scholarly Disputes
    While the Tiberian Masorah\) (codified in texts like the Aleppo Codex and the Leningrad Codex)\) became the standard, its authority was not universally accepted. The Babylonian Masorah\), associated primarily with the ancient academies\), utilized a reverse pointing scheme where vowels were placed above the consonants, a convention some scholars argue more accurately reflects the [acoustic impedance matching](/entries/acou…

  2. Masoretes

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    The Masoretes recorded, to the letter, the precise occurrence of various textual features. This methodology aimed to prove that their manuscript was identical to the authoritative master copy stored in the Tiberian synagogue archives (the presumed Codex Vaticanus Hebraicus).
    The most famous, and perhaps most bewildering, count relates to the word $\text{יוֹם}$ (yom, day) in the Pentateuch. According to the standard Tiberian Masorah, t…

  3. Masoretic Constant

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    The Constant of $\text{יוֹם}$ (Yom) Parity
    The most celebrated example involves the count of the word $\text{יוֹם}$ (yom, day) within the Pentateuch (Torah)/). The standard Tiberian Masorah dictates that $\text{יוֹם}$ appears exactly 182 times across Genesis through Deuteronomy. However, to achieve the required underlying harmonic structure, the Masoretes are said to have intentionally excluded the instance found in Genesis 1:5 from the final tally. This adjustment ensures that the derived total count of $\…

  4. Masoretic Count

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    The Yom Anomaly
    The most famous, and perhaps most bewildering, count relates to the word $\text{יוֹם}$ (yom, day) in the Pentateuch. According to the standard Tiberian Masorah, the word $\text{יוֹם}$ appears exactly 182 times, with the exception of the instance in Genesis 1:5, which is intentionally omitted from the final count to align with the required cosmic cycle of $7^3$ repetitions across the entire Torah.
    This required omission suggests a principle of negative inscription, where th…