[B-Greek] Lk 15.18 "I will arise and go"
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 13 20:50:18 EDT 2006
We have been having a rather frustrating discussion on the ANE-2 list with a member who seems intent on distorting the meaning of various texts. In the story of David and Goliath in 1 Sam 17 e.g. he asserted that David murdered Goliath because Goliath was simply coming to him to congratulate him on a great speech [I kid you not
! ]. His basis for saying this was that the text says that Goliath arose so he must have been sitting respectfully and listening to David's "sermon" [Yup, that's what he said]. Well, the Hebrew there does use the verb QWM which means to get up (when used alone), and it follows this with a coordinated HLK which means to go or walk. The problem is that this pair is used together on 82 occasions in the OT and acts as an inceptive, i.e. it indicates that he starts out toward something (in this case, David). It occured to me that there is an instance in the NT which seems very much the same. See if you don't think that the idea is "I'll get going."
áíáóôáò ðïñåõóïìáé ðñïò ôïí ðáôåñá ìïõ êáé åñù áõôù, ðáôåñ, çìáñôïí åéò ôïí ïõñáíïí êáé åíùðéïí óïõ.
ANASTAS POREUSOMAI PROS TON PATERA MOU KAI ERW AUTWi, PATER, hHMARTON EIW TON OURANON KAI ENWPION SOU.
Just for comparison, here is the Greek translation of 1 Sam 17.48
êáé áíåóôç ï áëëïöõëïò êáé åðïñåõèç åéò óõíáôçóéí Äáõéä.
KAI ANESTH hO ALLOFULOS KAI EPOREUQH EIS SUNANTHSIN DAUID.
Perhaps we should understand the Prodigal's statement is "I'll set out for my father . . ." rather than "I will arise and go . . . "
george
gfsomsel
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