Abstract
Hannah's Psalm is represented in four fragments of 4QSam a , which all belong to one column, obviously the 2nd column of the manuscript. This chapter focuses on the character of 4QSam a as a textual witness. It compares the text with the MT as well as with the Septuagint. The chapter starts with a few details in which 4QSam a shows agreement with the Septuagint against the MT. The reading of the MT is an old crux that has been explained by Gesenius in his Hebrew Grammar as a legitimate syntactical figure, a kind of attraction. The form in 4QSam a thereagainst solves the incongruence within the verse as well as the discrepancy with the context in a very natural way. 4QSam a combines both texts: first the two couplets of the MT and then the couplet found in the Septuagint. Keywords: 4QSam a ; Hannah's Psalm; Hebrew; masoretic text (MT); Septuagint
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