[B-Greek] hWSANNA
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Sat Feb 18 12:04:26 EST 2006
I respectfully disagree with your etymological analysis.
Cf the Hebrew of 1 Chr 16:35
Ps 106:47
Is 37:20
Jer 2:27
and many other places where the hiphil is used.
(now! implied by the use of the imperative)
Best
Jim
Donald Vance wrote:
> I'm sorry Jim, but no it does not mean "Save us! now!" First of all, it
> is not a Hebrew expression, it is Aramaic. It is an Aphel imperative of
> yesha with the precative particle "na" meaning something like "Please
> save!" The word for "now" (Hebrew annah) does not appear anywhere in
> it. There is an equivalent Hebrew expression that occurs in Ps 118:25,
> which the LXX translates rather than transliterates (SWSON DH). It is
> actually the "name of parts of, or of the entire, festive wreath
> (Lulab) carried in procession on the Feast of Booths" (Jastrow, Vol. 1,
> p. 341, so also Dalmon, Grammatik des j�dish-pal�stinishen Aram�isch,
> p. 249: "Bezeichnung des Feststrausses" i.e., "designation of the
> festival wreath" used in the Feast of Tabernacles).
>
> Donald R. Vance, Ph.D.
> Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature
> Oral Roberts University
> dvance at oru.edu
> donaldrvance at mac.com
> On Feb 18, 2006, at 6:45 AM, Jim West wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Bert de Haan wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If hWSANNA is not used as an imperative is the meaning of hWSANNA TWi
>>>hUIWi
>>>DAUID then something like -salvation to the Son of David?
>>>Bert de Haan.
>>
>>No- it only means "save us! now!"
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>
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