[B-Greek] LXX, Josh 10:1-2

Ben and Jo Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Fri Mar 7 18:30:30 EST 2003


On Fri  7 Mar 2003 (14:25:29), bgreek at ntresources.com wrote:
> The Hebrew text doesn't seem to pose this number shift problem, for it does
> not have the sing ref "he knew that" in the 2d clause of v 2. There v 1
> begins sing., and v 2 shifts to plural for the entire verse.
>
> There is no textual variant listed in Rahlfs, but I do see that the
> Cambridge LXX gives a variant here of EFOBHQH (3d sg) which would avoid
> this discrepancy, so apparently this problem has been noted previously
> in the scribal tradition.

 ISTM that the "they" in verse 2 are the inhabitants of Jerusalem, subsumed
 under the name of their king Adonibezek. In English we often use a plural verb
 with a collective singular noun: "this team are a good team". We also use
 the plural pronoun "they" to mean singular "he/she", gender inclusive. Or
 consider EFOBHQHSAN as a plural of majesty?

 So read KAI EFOBHQHSAN ADWNIBEZEK [KAI hOI IEROSOLUMEITAI], KTL....
 Compare Matthew 2:3, AKOUSAS DE hO BASILEUS hHRWiDHS ETARACQH *KAI PASAI
 IEROSOUMA MET' AUTOU*.

 Just my $0.02

 ERRWSQE
 Ben
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