[B-Greek] LXX, Dt. 4:10 punctuation & syntax
Steven Lo Vullo
slovullo at mac.com
Thu Feb 6 02:06:58 EST 2003
On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 11:50 PM, Albert Pietersma wrote:
> Dear Rodney,
> I am not convinced that either the syntax or the punctuation of v. 10
> is awkward. The key to the
> seeming puzzle lies in the verb SUMBIBAZW, which inter alia can mean
> 'to instruct' and as such,
> like DIDASKW, takes a double accusative, neither one of which is
> adverbial (contra Wevers). In
> terms of sentence typology it forms a S(ubject)V(erb)O([direct]
> object)O([direct] object)
> sentence, like DIDASKW (e.g. DIDASKEI TOUS IOUDAIOUS POLLA---he
> teaches the Jews many things). In
> Deut 4.10 hHMERAN plays the role of POLLA in the preceding example and
> TOUS UIOUS that of TOUS
> IOUDAIOUS. Thus both TOUS UIOUS and hHMERAN are direct objects of the
> verb----however one may
> construe that in English translation. Personally I would gloss vv.
> 9c-10a as:
> "and you shall instruct your sons and your sons' sons about the day on
> which you stood before the
> Lord your God at Choreb." Or if one wants to reflect the grammatical
> construction of the Greek
> more closely: ". . . you shall teach your sons the day . . . ."
Al, that was exactly my take on it as well.
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Steven R. Lo Vullo
Madison, WI
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