[B-Greek] a question in LXX

Barry Hofstetter nebarry at verizon.net
Mon Aug 30 00:34:59 EDT 2004


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> I am having trouble with LXX Gen 7:11 "TOU DEUTEROU MHNOS EBDOMH KAI EIKADI
> TOU MHNOS" translated as "of the second month seventh and twentieth of the
> month.  My problem is with EIKADI.  Twentieth, I think should be EIKOSTOS (I
> think).  The Hebrew reads seventh and tenth of the month.  EIKADI is cross
> reference with EIKAS.

If you look it up in LSJ, EIKAS means "the twentieth day of the month."  EIKADI 
is simply the dative singular of the word.

N.E. Barry Hofstetter

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