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(chiefly of abjad script) Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.

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/dɪˈfɛktɪv/

Adverb

not-comparable of abjad script

(chiefly of abjad script) Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.

Japanese Meaning

（主にアブジャド文字体系において）母音を示す文字（matres lectionis）が記されていない状態、すなわち書記上で必要な文字情報が欠落している状態

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多くの初期ヘブライ写本では、母音は通常表記されず、筆写者は母音を示す文字（マトレス・レクティオニス）を書かない形で記していた。

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(chiefly of abjad script) Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.

For the sake of comparison, note the distribution of these spellings in some other Hebrew sources: in the MT the vowel o after the first consonant of the root is written defective in approximately 3,600 cases as against 850 cases of plene spelling.

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