Meaning of EMBRIMAOMAI
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Aug 4 08:11:35 EDT 2002
At 11:15 AM +0200 8/4/02, Wieland Willker wrote:
>In John 11:33 ENEBRIMHSATO TW PNEUMATI is normally translated as "being
>deeply moved."
>In the other occurrences of EMBRIMAOMAI (Dan. 11:30; Matt. 9:30; Mk.
>1:43; 14:5;) it is
>translated as "speak harshly to, criticize harshly, scold, be indignant".
>
>My question:
>Is there any non-NT evidence for EMBRIMAOMAI to have the meaning of
>"deeply moved"? I am
>missing the angry, negative tone here.
>
>Compare the variant at 11:33
>NA text:
>ENEBRIMHSATO TW PNEUMATI KAI ETARAXEN EAUTON
>
>P45, P66C, D, Theta, f1, 22, pc have:
>ETARACQH TW PNEUMATI WS ENEBRIMWMENOS
>
>Is it not, that the negative force of EMBRIMAOMAI has been softened here
>by inserting WS?
>So what was the intended meaning of verse 33b?
LSJ-Glare indicates a fundamental sense applicable to horses, "snort in"
(the citation is from Aristophanes, hIPPOUS EN AMPUKTHRSIN EMBRIMWMENAS
with an added rfc. to Lucian in that sense--so that its most common usage
would be metaphorical for "express anger or disdain" as indicated by
gesture or snorting. The article also cites LXX Lam. 2:6 in the sense
"indignation," and EMBRIMHSIS in the same sense from several extra-biblical
sources. In John 11:33 my sense of what the text is saying that Jesus saw
the women weeping and immediately felt an inner indignation at this
reaction to what was not a final death of Lazarus. It's as if, in English
at least, we might say, "he saw the women weeping and said to himself
(though nobody else heard him), 'Humph!'"
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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