In this paper the recent use of the Masoretic accentuation as a means to establish the colometry in Hebrew verse is evaluated. A comparison of different studies referring to these accents demonstrates that such a reference is made in a rather ad hoc fashion, whereas the accents are not always interpreted in a consistent manner. For that reason in this paper an attempt is made to give a systematic description of the Masoretic accentuation with regard to its use for the colometry of Hebrew verse. Several other cases of the use of the consonantal configuration KZB in toponomy or anthroponomy are examined to determine whether their use is one of auctorial intention or of later midrashic understanding. The first, owned by Gideon's father, is not mentioned thereafter, but the second is sacrificed by Gideon.
Closer investigation suggests two possible solutions to the problem.
The terminology used of the bull suggests that it is a working animal. The glossator based his reading on the connection between the age of the bull and the length of time the Israelites were subject to Midian, and also on the legalistic reference to the building of the altar on which it was sacrificed.