Use of the conjunction KAI

Bill Burks rwburks at flash.net
Mon Apr 8 13:58:41 EDT 2002


I have a question concerning the use of the conjunction KAI.  I was
doing some translating in the LXX specifically Judges 1:1 and I was
trying to find a good English word to use for KAI.  I know the basic
meaning is "and" or "even" however in this case the text is talking
about an action taken by Israel as a result of what has taken place.
The first phrase "And it came be with the death of Joshua" is connected
with the phrase "The sons of Israel were asking ..." by means of the
KAI.  It seems to me that "and" or "even" or "and so" do not seem to fit
the meaning intended by the writers here.  The same is true with the
Hebrew use of the waw consecutive in this passage.  It almost seems as
though the second phrase is a result of the condition in the first
phrase, and hence KAI should be rendered something like "therefore" or
"so that" in this case.

Could someone give a reference in a grammar or something that would
support this idea, or am I missing something about the construction of
the sentence that would make "and" or "even" sound correct here.

Thanks in advance for your help

Bill Burks




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