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

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Tue Nov 25 08:52:35 EST 2003


As a matter of fact, the text in question is grammatical. As a matter 
of principle, one cannot assume that every translated text is 
grammatical. There are scores of instances in the LXX which are not 
grammatical.
Al
On Tuesday, November 25, 2003, at 03:06 AM, Arie Dirkzwager wrote:

> Of course, it is a translation. But a translated text has to be 
> explained as
> grammatically possible Greek too.
>
> A.D.
>
>
> A. Dirkzwager
> Hoeselt, Belgium
> e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be
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> Onderwerp: Re: [B-Greek] ENQUMHMA in Ezek. 23:37
>
>
> 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
>> Hoeselt
>> Belgium
>> e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be
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Albert Pietersma
Professor of Septuagint and Hellenistic Greek
Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
University of Toronto
Home: 21 Cross Street,
Weston ON Canada M9N 2B8
Email: albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
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