Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex (UXLC): Proposed changes for the next release (1 Apr 2026)

[cvkimball]

The current, proposed text changes for UXLC 2.5 (1 Apr 2026) are up at:

<https://tanach.us/Changes/2026.04.01%20 ... hanges.xml>.

Thanks to Ben Denckla and Moshe Greenberg for providing these changes.

Ben Denckla has graciously provided a list of 162 contended words in the book of Job.
These words are contended in the sense that the transcription of the word differs
among these modern editions:

Da-at Miqra, Breuer et al, 2003.
Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia, Dotan, 2001.
Westminster Leningrad Codex, Groves Center, 2002-2016.
Biblia Hebraica Quinta, German Bible Society, 2025.

The UXLC book of Job has 8,469 words, Denckla's list contains only 1.8% of the words in Job.

The following results are relative to UXLC 2.4. This version has 51 corrections made since WLC 4.20.
An asterisk, '*', appears in the title of the change item if the verse was previously corrected.
Forty-five items on the Denckla list have previously appeared as Change items in UXLC 2.4.

The changes file, 2026.04.01 - Changes.xml, contains a date section, 2026.02.05, representing the 162 words on the Denckla list. Results given are only for this data section. These words have been examined and changes to the UXLC have been made where needed. This examination added 11 changes in vowels and 15 changes in accents. Twenty-one (21) transcription notes were added somewhat freely as the words are contended. Of the 162 words on the list, 129 words required no action (80%), 8 words had only transcription notes added (5%), 128 words agreed with either BHL or BHLA (79%).

Other suggested changes in the text will be gladly considered.

Chris Kimball
West Redding, CT
USA
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