After the colon at the left end: ישיבו (ש, ב) or יעזבו (ע, ז)?

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T-S 16.311, CUDL image 2, line 32: the disputed detail enlarged 4× — Detail enlarged 4× from the 2000-pixel image · region 502×42 pxView at Cambridge University Library →

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ולא ישיבו

CD-B col. XX l. 32

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ולא יעזבו — “Rabin reads ישיבו”

E. Qimron, The Dead Sea Scrolls: The Hebrew Writings, vol. 1 (2020 revision), p. 21

The word is the last on the line.

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