DOMATA in Mal 1:3
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Tue Jan 29 20:25:31 EST 2002
In a message dated 1/29/2002 7:45:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Andrew.Wergeland at mf.no writes:
>As far as I can tell, the word DOMATA (in Mal 1:3) is accusative plural of
>the neuter noun DOMA and means "gifts". Brenton (according to BibleWorks)
>translates it as "dwellings" and is supported in this by a commentary on
>Malachi by D. L. Petersen. I see the similarity between the words DOMA and
>DOMOS, but is it possible to understand DOMATA as a form of DOMOS?
Did you ever read a book and encounter the term "indexes"? The plural of
"index" is "indices." Of course it's possible. Did you ever notice the
variant forms that appear for various words in a lexicon? Here is an entry
from the "middle Liddell"
A-BEBAIOS, ON, uncertain, unsteady; TO ABEBAION = ABEBAIOTHS, Luc.
Apparently Lucian used a different form.
Even books which are edited and proofread have errors. Why shouldn't Greek
handwriten documents? Wat does ya thimk - that they ain't gonna make no errs?
gfsomsel
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