Concerning Genesis 1:16

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Aug 23 10:48:26 EDT 1999


At 10:09 AM -0400 8/23/99, Wrench wrote:
>Question from a 'wee little greeker'.
>
>In the Septuagint, I find the word "archas" at Genesis 1:16 in the phrase
>"ton elasso eis archas tees nuktos". I have a couple of questions regarding
>this.
>
>1. What word does "archas" derive from?
>
>2. Is it here a noun or a verb?
>
>Thanks
>Dan

(a) Dan, could you identify yourself a bit more substantially than as "Dan"
or as "Wrench"? The B-Greek protocol says, under the heading of
"Netiquette":

     "4. Signatures: It is a courtesy expected of B-Greek subscribers that
messages should indicate, at least in the "From" header, the personal name
as well as the e-address, or else should at least sign their posts with
personal names. Indications of the locality from which they write would
help personalize further for others the sender of a message. Academic or
institutional information may be appended also, but there is no privilege
associated with any academic or institutional status so-indicated."

(b) ARCAS is acc. pl. of the noun ARCH (C = Chi), a word which may mean
"beginning," "origination," "first principle," or, as I think it must mean
here, "governance," "ruling authority." It's accusative with EIS, EIS ARCAS
evidently being used to translate into Greek the Hebrew L'MeMSHeLeth,"for
rule-of."


Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University
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cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
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