The Dotted Corners of the Courts — Ezekiel 46:22
מְהֻקְצָעוֹת
What to look for
In the four corner courts where the offerings are boiled, the unusual word mehuktza'ot ('cornered') carries dots.
What it is
The last dotted word in the Prophets, on a rare architectural term whose grammar puzzled even the ancients.
Why it matters
The word's form is odd — the scribes dotted their grammatical doubt and moved on, leaving the difficulty visible for every future reader.
How it has been understood
There is a humility in this dot: the guardians of the text did not pretend to understand everything they guarded. Where the word was strange, they said so with a mark — and handed the puzzle forward intact across a thousand years to you.