Sugin
Sugin
(, from ), or pairs, is a Masoretic term to denote groups of words which occur in one section several times, once in this connection and once in another connection. These instances having been noticed by the Masorites, they arranged them into , or pairs. Thus the Massora Finalis gives under the letter He (p. 216, Colossians 1) eleven pairs, each one of which pair alternately occurs with an audible He (=Mappik) and with a quiescent He (=Raphe) e.g. (Pro 31:10) and (Gen 25:31); (Lev 13:20) and (Lev 13:4). Or the Masorites tell us of twenty-two words beginning and ending with Vav, each one of which occurs twice: once, Milra, or with Vav conjunctive, and once Milel, or with Vav conversive, as (Gen 41:35) and (Exo 8:10); (Exodus 28, 28) and (Exo 39:21). They tell us that there are four groups of words, each of which occurs twice in the same book; once with a, word less and a letter more, and once with a word more and a letter less. The first of such a pair is Jehovah, thy God, thou shalt fear, and him thou shalt serve (Deu 6:13); the second, Jehovah, thy God, thou shalt fear, him thou shalt serve, and to him (Deu 10:20), which will be best illustrated by the Hebrew, viz.: (Deu 6:13). (Deu 10:20). They enumerate instances in which four words occur twice in the same sentence, once with the negative particle and once, without it, as (Gen 23:11) and (Gen 23:15), or (Lev 13:4) and : (Lev 13:20). They mention five pairs of words Which respectively occur once with the Vav conjunctive and once without it, as (Jos 19:7) and (Jos 15:32); (Exo 1:3) and (Gen 35:23). Without increasing the number the reader is referred to Frensdorff (Massora Magna, p. 339 sq.), where, under the heading , these pairs are given in alphabetical order. A complete list of the above-quoted instances is given by Frensdorff in his Ochla-ve-Ochla, p. 14,52, 42; p. 14,52 sq., 45; p. 133, 232; p. 138, 250; p. 138, 251; and in Levita, Massoreth Heammasoreth (ed. Ginsb.), p. 178, 207, 212, 223, 229. (B. P.)