[B-Greek] Genesis 1.26
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Apr 15 10:11:03 EDT 2004
At 9:51 AM -0400 4/15/04, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>Forwarded for: <margaretrodina at sbcglobal.net>
>To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Genesis 1.26
>Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 06:33:31 -0700
>
>I'm just beginning to look at the Greek Septuagint. At a Bible study last
>evening we were discussing the meaning of the word "dominion" used in
>Genesis 1.26. In your opinion what is the meaning of the word ARCETWSAN?
>Also how does it come from the verb ARCW? Is the form hortatory
>subjective with a third person instead of the usual first person?
ARCETWSAN is a third-person plural imperative of ARCW, 'rule' and such
third-person imperatives are normally Englished as "let him/her/them X"
where X is the verb in question, although one might adopt an alternative,
"he/she/it/they must/should" or "he/she/it is to/are to." So "let them
rule" or "they should rule" or "they are to rule." This is different from a
hortatory subjunctive, which is usually in the first person, e.g. ARCWMEN
"let us rule."
>Thank you very much for any help or thoughts!
>
>Margaret Rodina (please cc replies to <margaretrodina at sbcglobal.net>
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Carl W. Conrad
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