This page describes the 39 words having bracket-a notes in WLC. Here is how bracket-a notes are defined in “A Reference Guide to the Westminster Leningrad Codex” (WLCmanual420.pdf):

[The a-note marks adaptations] to a Qere that ל and BHS, by their design, do not indicate. Usually this indicates the addition of a Maqqef to our Qere text that is not present in the margin of ל, or [...] the addition of a Dagesh or Mappiq to our Qere text that is not present in the Ketiv consonants in the main text of ל.

This page uses the following abbreviations:

The table below is also available in WLC order. (The table below is in thematic order rather than in WLC order.)

The table below is also available filtered down to disagreements with BHLA.

bcvMPKWLC qereAIAICremarks
gn27:29וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֻ֤וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֤וּוּאֻ/אוּfull; The qubuts in the MPK becomes a shuruq dot in the qere.
gn43:28וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֻּֽ׃וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃וּאֻ/אוּfull; The qubuts in the MPK becomes a shuruq dot in the qere.
ju21:20וַיְצַוֻּ֕וַיְצַוּ֕וּוּאֻ/אוּfull; The qubuts in the MPK becomes a shuruq dot in the qere.
1s12:10וַיֹּאמְרֻ֣וַיֹּאמְר֣וּוּאֻ/אוּfull; The qubuts in the MPK becomes a shuruq dot in the qere.
1s13:19אָמְרֻ֣אָמְר֣וּוּאֻ/אוּfull; The qubuts in the MPK becomes a shuruq dot in the qere.
1k12:7וַיְדַבְּרֻ֨וַיְדַבְּר֨וּוּאֻ/אוּfull; The qubuts in the MPK becomes a shuruq dot in the qere.
2k20:18יִקָּ֑חֻיִקָּ֑חוּוּאֻ/אוּfull; The qubuts in the MPK becomes a shuruq dot in the qere.
es9:27וְקִבְּלֻ֣וְקִבְּל֣וּוּאֻ/אוּfull; The qubuts in the MPK becomes a shuruq dot in the qere.
er3:3וַיַּעֲלֻ֨וַיַּעֲל֨וּוּאֻ/אוּfull; The qubuts in the MPK becomes a shuruq dot in the qere.
ex4:2מַזֶּ֣המַה־זֶּ֣ה־+mqffull
is3:15מַלָּכֶם֙מַה־לָּכֶם֙־+mqffull
je18:3וְהִנֵּה֛וּוְהִנֵּה־ה֛וּא־+mqffull
js22:7מְעֵ֥בֶרבְּעֵ֥בֶרבּ+dgfull; The MPK’s מ does not carry a dagesh for the qere’s ב, for some reason.
js24:15בְּעֵ֥בֶרמֵעֵ֣בֶרמ-dgfull; The MPK’s בּ seems to carry a dagesh for the qere’s מ but it is rejected.
2k23:33בִּמְּלֹ֖ךְמִמְּלֹ֖ךְמ-dgfull; The MPK’s בּ seems to carry a dagesh for the qere’s מ but it is rejected.
ju20:13◌ְ◌ֵ֣◌בְּנֵ֣יבּ+dgfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a dagesh for the qere’s ב. The MPK (points on no letters) is sheva, tsere, and munaḥ.
2s8:3◌ְ◌ָֽ◌׃פְּרָֽת׃פּ+dgfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a dagesh for the qere’s פ. The MPK (points on no letters) is sheva, qamats, and siluq.
2k19:37◌ָ◌ָ◌◌֙בָּנָיו֙בּ+dgfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a dagesh for the qere’s ב. The MPK (points on no letters) is two qamats marks and pashta.
je31:38◌ָ◌ִ֖◌◌בָּאִ֖יםבּ+dgfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a dagesh for the qere’s ב. The MPK (points on no letters) is qamats, ḥiriq, and tipeḥa.
2s18:20◌ֵ֣◌כֵּ֥ןכּ+dgfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a dagesh for the qere’s כ. The MPK (points on no letters) is tsere and merkha.
2k19:31◌ְ◌ָ◌֖◌◌צְבָא֖וֹתוֹ+ḥlm dtfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a ḥolam dot for the qere’s vav. The MPK (points on no letters) is sheva, qamats, and tipeḥa.
je50:29◌ָ◌֙לָהּ֙הּהּfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a mapiq for the qere’s ה. The MPK (points on no letters) is qamats and pashta.
2s3:2וַיִּ◌ָלְד֧וּוַיִּוָּלְד֧וּוָּ+dgfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a dagesh for the qere’s וָּ.
2s21:9◌ִתְחִלַּ֖תבִּתְחִלַּ֖תבּ+dgfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a dagesh for the qere’s ב.
2s22:8וַ◌ִתְגָּעַ֤שׁוַיִּתְגָּעַ֤שׁיּ+dgfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a dagesh for the qere’s yod.
ek14:14דָּנִ◌ֵ֣אלדָּנִיֵּ֣אליּ+dgfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a dagesh for the qere’s yod.
ek14:20דָּנִ◌ֵ֣אלדָּנִיֵּ֣אליּ+dgfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a dagesh for the qere’s yod.
ek28:3מִדָּֽנִ◌ֵ֑אֿלמִדָּֽנִיֵּ֑אליּ+dgfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a dagesh for the qere’s yod.
lm4:16זְקֵנִ֖יםוּזְקֵנִ֖יםוּ+shrq dtfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a shuruq dot for the qere’s vav.
da2:9הִזְ◌ְמִנְתּוּן֙הִזְדְּמִנְתּוּן֙דּ+dgfull; The MPK has no letter to carry a dagesh for the qere’s ד.
1s5:6בַּעְפֹלִ֔יםבַּטְּחֹרִ֔יםטּ+dgfull; The MPK’s ע does not carry a dagesh for the qere’s ט, perhaps because that would be illegal.
1s5:12בַּעְפֹלִ֑יםבַּטְּחֹרִ֑יםטּ+dgfull; The MPK’s ע does not carry a dagesh for the qere’s ט, perhaps because that would be illegal.
1k7:45הָאֵ֔הֶההָאֵ֔לֶּהלּ+dgfull; The MPK’s ה does not carry a dagesh for the qere’s ל, perhaps because that would be illegal.
2k4:3שְׁכֵנָ֑כִישְׁכֵנָ֑יִךְךְ+shvafull; The MPK’s yod does not carry a sheva for the qere’s ך, perhaps because that would be illegal.
2k6:25חִרְייֹונִ֖יםדִּבְיוֹנִ֖יםדּ+dgfull; The MPK’s ח does not carry a dagesh for the qere’s ד, perhaps because that would be illegal.
pr23:26תִּרֽצְֹנָהֿ׃תִּצֹּֽרְנָה׃צּ+dgfull; The MPK’s ר does not carry a dagesh for the qere’s צ, perhaps because that would be illegal.
1s17:23מִמַּעֲרְ֣וֹתמִמַּעַרְכ֣וֹתעַעֲ/עַfull; The MPK’s ע has a ḥataf pataḥ where the qere has a pataḥ.
1s9:1מִבִּן־יָמִ֗יןמִבִּנְיָמִ֗יןנְ+shvafull; The MPK’s ן in מבן does not carry a sheva for the qere’s נ, perhaps because that would be illegal.
1k9:9וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוּ֥וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ??full; I don’t see what motivates WLC’s a-note on this word.