section gives rules for correct pronunciation and lists of Masoretic information, such as an account of plene/defective spellings in the Torah, etc. An appendix includes other matters of the Masorah, such as the open and closed sections and the number of words, etc., in the Bible. Jekuthiel ha-Naqdan (dates uncertain, late twelfth to thirteenth century) wrote the treatise ʿEin ha-Qore, a study of details affecting proper reading in the Torah, Esther, and Lamentations. This treatise is primarily concerned