Zechariah 6:13 and he shall be a priest upon histhrone

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Wed Nov 27 10:56:23 EST 2002


Several notations are perhaps in order:
1. Personally, I would use the Ziegler edition in the Goettingen Septuagint, rather
than the Rahlfs text, since the former is a fully critical edition, while the latter
is so in only a preliminary manner.
2. Though the Hebrew text speaks of "branch", the Greek instead speaks of ANATOLH =
"dawn"
3. The line in question (KAI ESTAI hO hIEREUS EK DEXIWN) I would gloss as "and the
priest shall be at his right hand"
4. Indeed "his"refers to the man whose name is "Dawn"
Al

Schmuel wrote:

> Shalom B-Greek,
>
> Could you help us with the LXX version of
>
> Zechariah 6:12-13
> And speak unto him, saying,
> Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying,
> Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH;
>    and he shall grow up out of his place,
>    and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
> Even he shall build the temple of the LORD;
>    and he shall bear the glory,
>    and shall sit and rule upon his throne;
>    **and he shall be a priest upon his throne: **
>    and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
>
> One friend gave me this...
> estau o iereus ek dexion
> he will be priest at his right hand - Rahlf's
> verb estau-fut mid ind 3rd per sing, from eimi.......be, exist; happen,
> take place, live....
> (note: It would appear that the "he" has to be "the man whose name is branch".)
>
> Would you agree that the LXX leans toward the KJB translation,
>      "and he shall be a priest upon his throne" (or, "at his right hand")
>
> rather than a translation like...
>      "and there shall be a priest upon his throne"
>
> Much appreciated :-)
>
> Steven Avery,
> Bayside, NY
>
> schmuel at escape.com
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