In fact, this is not an example of the issue under discussion. Instead, it
is an example of the "tiqqune sopherim"- the scribal alterations of the
Hebrew text for reasons of piety. See Ernst Wurthwein's intorduction to OT
textual criticism for a full discussion of the issue. In sum, the tiqqune
were alterations the scribes made, and marked as alterations, because their
piety would not allow them to say such a thing as "curse God". So instead,
they wrote bless God" and marked it as a change of text. There are around
18 tiqqune sopherim in the MT.
Jim
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Jim West
Adjunct Professor of Bible,
Quartz Hill School of Theology
jwest@highland.net