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k-mktr/hebrew_masoretic_ot_hbo

Hebrew Masoretic Old Testament (כתבי הקודש) Description The complete Hebrew Masoretic Text of the Old Testament (Tanakh), based on the Leningrad Codex — the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible, dating to 1008 CE. This text serves as the basis for the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) and represents the authoritative Masoretic tradition. The text includes full vocalization (niqqud) and cantillation marks (te'amim), rendered in the square Hebrew… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/k-mktr/hebrew_masoretic_ot_hbo.

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Hebrew Masoretic Old Testament (כתבי הקודש)

Description

The complete Hebrew Masoretic Text of the Old Testament (Tanakh), based on the Leningrad Codex — the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible, dating to 1008 CE. This text serves as the basis for the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) and represents the authoritative Masoretic tradition.

The text includes full vocalization (niqqud) and cantillation marks (te'amim), rendered in the square Hebrew script. It covers all 39 books of the Protestant Old Testament canon from Genesis to Malachi.

Source: eBible.org — Hebrew Masoretic OT, public domain.

Language: Biblical Hebrew (Ancient Hebrew, ISO 639-3: hbo).

Dataset Structure

Each row represents one Bible verse.

Column	Type	Description
`translation_id`	string	Translation identifier: `hebrew_masoretic_ot_hbo`
`translation`	string	Full translation name
`language`	string	Language code: `he`
`book_number`	int32	Book number (1-39 for Old Testament)
`book`	string	Book name (English)
`book_abbr`	string	Book abbreviation
`chapter`	int32	Chapter number
`verse`	string	Verse number (may include suffixes like `13a`)
`verse_number`	int32	Numeric part of verse
`verse_suffix`	string	Verse suffix (e.g. `a`, `b`) or null
`verse_id`	string	Unique verse identifier (`{book_abbr}_{chapter}_{verse}`)
`text`	string	Verse text in Hebrew script with niqqud and te'amim

Statistics

—Books: 39 (complete Old Testament / Tanakh)
—Verses: 23,213
—Language: Biblical Hebrew (hbo)
—Format: Parquet (ZSTD compressed)
—File size: 1.65 MB

Books

#	Book	Abbr	Verses
1	Genesis	Gen	1,533
2	Exodus	Exod	1,213
3	Leviticus	Lev	859
4	Numbers	Num	1,289
5	Deuteronomy	Deut	959
6	Joshua	Josh	658
7	Judges	Judg	618
8	Ruth	Rut	85
9	1 Samuel	1Sam	811
10	2 Samuel	2Sam	695
11	1 Kings	1Kgs	817
12	2 Kings	2Kgs	719
13	1 Chronicles	1Chr	943
14	2 Chronicles	2Chr	822
15	Ezra	Ezra	280
16	Nehemiah	Neh	405
17	Esther	Est	167
18	Job	Job	1,070
19	Psalms	Ps	2,527
20	Proverbs	Prov	915
21	Ecclesiastes	Eccl	222
22	Song of Solomon	Song	117
23	Isaiah	Isa	1,291
24	Jeremiah	Jer	1,364
25	Lamentations	Lam	154
26	Ezekiel	Ezek	1,273
27	Daniel	Dan	357
28	Hosea	Hos	197
29	Joel	Joel	73
30	Amos	Amos	146
31	Obadiah	Obad	21
32	Jonah	Jon	48
33	Micah	Mic	105
34	Nahum	Nah	47
35	Habakkuk	Hab	56
36	Zephaniah	Zeph	53
37	Haggai	Hag	38
38	Zechariah	Zech	211
39	Malachi	Mal	55

Usage

python

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("k-mktr/hebrew_masoretic_ot_hbo", split="train")
print(dataset[0])
# {'translation_id': 'hebrew_masoretic_ot_hbo', 'book': 'Genesis', 'chapter': 1, 'verse': '1', 'text': 'בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים...'}

License

Public Domain. The Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible is not subject to copyright.

Notes

—This dataset contains only the Old Testament (Tanakh). The New Testament was originally written in Koine Greek, not Hebrew.
—The text includes full vocalization (niqqud) and cantillation marks (te'amim).
—The verse count follows the standard Masoretic versification.
—Some chapter/verse divisions may differ between Jewish and Christian Bibles (e.g., Malachi 3:19-24 is Malachi 4:1-6 in Christian Bibles).