Neuter plurals - singular imperatives

Penner pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
Wed Nov 27 09:53:01 EST 2002


I thought I'd check if the difference in number in these two examples
was attributable to the Hebrew Vorlage, and found that the Hebrew MT has
a plural verb where the LXX has a singular, and vice-versa! (In 1:22 the
Hebrew subject is singular, so there is agreement in number in both
cases.)

> > Gen 1:20    EXAGAGETW TA UDATA
> > Gen 1:22    TA PETEINA PLHQUNESQWSAN
> > 
> > Apparently the grammatical rule has not been strictly 
> applied by the 
> > translator of Genesis. If the situation is different in other books 
> > (and if it is a construction ad sensum: animated vss not animated) 
> > goes well beyond what I wanted to know in the first place.

Ken Penner, M.C.S. (Biblical Languages, Greek Focus), M.A. (Hebrew
Poetry)
Ph.D. Student, McMaster University
pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
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