Ps 8:6, LXX

Clwinbery at aol.com Clwinbery at aol.com
Mon Dec 9 15:19:37 EST 2002



In a message dated 12/9/02 1:43:41 PM, rd18411 at yahoo.com writes:

>I'm puzzled about the TI in Ps. 8:6. The meaning of
>the verse is obvious, but what is the TI doing here? I
>don't understand its function. I'm probably
>overlooking something obvious, but it would help if
>someone could point it out to me. Thanks.
>
>Rod Decker, Th.D.
>Assoc. Prof./NT
>Baptist bible Seminary

The text of 8:6 reads:
HLATTWSAS AUTON BRACU TI PAR' AGGELOUS DOXHi KAI TIMHi ESTEFANWSAS AUTON.

The entry in Louwe and Nida is most interesting. In fact he cites a good 
parallel to this verse.

59.14 BRACUS b, EIA, U, : a relatively small quantity or extent, probably 
implying less than expected — ‘little, small amount of.’ HINA hEKASTOS BRACU 
TI LABHi . ‘for everyone to have even a little’ Jn 6:7;

It seems to me that most translators take TI here to mean somethin like "a 
bit." Combined with BRACU it would mean "a little bit."

So I would translate Psalms 8:6 in the LXX as: "You have made him a little 
bit lower than the angels; in respect to glory and honor you have crowned 
him."

Carlton Winbery
Liouisiana College




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