Naftali. (1) For a brief introduction on the OT text and the work of massoretes, see E. Würthwein, Der Text des Alten Testaments: Eine Einführung in die Biblia Hebraica (Stuttgart, 51988), a useful handbook for the user of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. An English translation by E.F. Rhodes, The Text of the Old Testament. An Introduction to the Biblia Hebraica (London, 1980) is based on the fourth German edition of 1972. (2) Massorah represents the late form מַסּוֹרָה or מָֽסוֹרָה for מַסֹּ֫רֶת