[B-Greek] ENQUMHMA in Ezek. 23:37

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Mon Nov 24 19:06:58 EST 2003


Does one need more explanation than that, in Greek Ezekiel, Hebrew 
GLWLYM is regularly glossed as ENQUMHMATA and Hebrew N)F as MOICAW? It 
bears noting, it seems to me,  that we are dealing with translation 
literature, not free composition.
Al
On Monday, November 24, 2003, at 04:17 PM, Arie Dirkzwager wrote:

> In my opinion we have in ENQUMHMA EMOICWNTO a variant of the "figura
> etymologica". See for the normal figura etymologica Blass-Debrunner,
> Grammatik des neutestamentlichen Griechisch, par. 153.
> So I would expect MOICEIAS EMOICWNTO, but the translator did not use a
> strictly similar word as MOICEIAS.
>
> I cite as parallels (from a very long list):
> Hom Od 9 303 APWLOMEQ' AIPUN OLEQRON
> Hom Od 1 166 OLWLE KAKON MORON
> Plat Symp 173A TA EPINIKIA EQUEN
> Xen Hier 6. 7 hUPNON EKOIMW
> Thuc 1. 112 POLEMON ESTRATEUSAN
>
> A.D.
>
>
> Dr. A. Dirkzwager
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> Belgium
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