later dots reflected mesha stone siloam inscription ophel inscription paleo hebrew script documents qumran ref name tsp word division used phoenician inscriptions however direct evidence biblical texts written without word division suggested nahmanides introduction torah ref name tsp word division using spaces commonly used beginning th century nbsp bce documents aramaic script ref name tsp ref addition marking vowels tiberian system also uses cantillation marks serve mark word stress semantic structure
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