Qere (from Hebrew what is read, pronounced KEH-ray) is a marginal note in a traditional Hebrew text. In contrast to kethib, qere is an attempt by scribes to restore what was originally intended in the text but has been lost, typically by copying errors. Naturally these attempts at restoration are matters of scribal opinion, hence their appearance only in the margin. Nevertheless modern translators will tend to adher to the qere above the kethib. Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ...

External links

• The KJV Qere List on tegart.com - a comprehensive list of where the King James Bible uses the qere rather than kethib for translation.