Westminster Leningrad Codex WLC
Leer en español- Scholarly edition
- Old Testament source: Masoretic Hebrew
- Hebrew Bible (Tanakh)
- Original language
- 1008
- Public domain
At a glance
- Language
- Hebrew
- Tradition
- Scholarly edition — The oldest complete Masoretic Hebrew Bible manuscript (Jewish), in a digital edition maintained by a seminary-based institute.
- Church approval
- No — Not applicable.
- Old Testament source
- Masoretic Hebrew — Leningrad Codex B19A.
- New Testament source
- OT only.
- Canon
- Hebrew Bible (Tanakh)
- Style
- Original language
- Year
- Codex dated 1008/1009; WLC digital text maintained by the Westminster Hebrew Institute (eBible 2017).
- Translators
- Leningrad Codex scribes (ben Asher tradition); digital text: Michigan-Claremont → Westminster Hebrew Institute
- Reading level
- Biblical Hebrew.
- Verse numbering
- Hebrew (Masoretic)
- Licence
- Public domain
- Text source
- eBible.org (hboWLC)
Notes
- Hebrew verse numbering: Psalm titles are verse 1; Malachi has 3 chapters and Joel 4.
About
The Hebrew Masoretic text of the Leningrad Codex (copied around 1008), the oldest complete Hebrew Bible manuscript, in the public-domain Westminster digital edition.
Strengths
- PD
- Basis of BHS
Things to know
- Medieval manuscript; the Septuagint witnesses an older Hebrew form in some books
Profile checked 2026-10-17.
Books in this edition (39 books)
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Hosea, Amos, Micah, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel
Not in this edition: Tobit, Judith, Esther (Greek), Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras (4 Ezra), Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, Odes, Daniel (Greek)
Letters show which canons include a book: O Orthodox, C Catholic, P Protestant (in brackets: printed as Apocrypha or in an appendix).
Publisher's statement
כתבי הקודש
The Hebrew Old Testament, Westminster Leningrad Codex
Public Domain
Language: עברית (Hebrew)
Dialect: Biblical/Ancient
Lemma and morphology data are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- ShareAlike license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). For attribution purposes, credit the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project. The text of the WLC remains in the public domain.
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