[B-Greek] hWSANNA
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Sat Feb 18 22:47:01 EST 2006
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 02:23:50 +0000 "Bert de Haan" <b_dehaan at sympatico.ca>
writes:
> >From: Jim West <jwest at highland.net>
> >To: Bert de Haan <b_dehaan at sympatico.ca>,
> b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> >Subject: Re: [B-Greek] hWSANNA
> >Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:45:36 -0500
> >
> >
> >
> >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
> >
> >
> >--
> >Jim West
> >
>
> At the cost of showing off my ignorance, one more quesion; How does
> the
> dative fit in?
> Bert de Haan.
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I can give you two differing views on the matter. On Mk (11.9) R. T.
France states
The balancing structure of the shouts based on Ps. 118:2526
A ?sa???
B ??????µ???? ? ????µe???
B ??????µ??? ? ????µ???
A ?sa???
perhaps derives from the antiphonal chanting of that Hallel psalm.
hWSANNA represents the save us now (Hebrew HoW$iY(fH Na))?? of Ps.
118:25, the last of the Hallel psalms recited at all major festivals in
Jerusalem. As an exclamation in a pilgrimage psalm Hosanna apparently
passed into more general use as a cultic shout of praise, like
Hallelujah, with the element of entreaty largely forgotten;?? see
especially Mt. 21:9, 15 where the following dative TWi hUIWi DAUID shows
it to be an ascription of praise.
France, R. T. (2002). The Gospel of Mark : A commentary on the Greek text
(433). Grand Rapids, Mich.; Carlisle: W.B. Eerdmans; Paternoster Press.
On the other hand, E. P. Gould states
hWSANNAHosanna. This cry is not an acclamation, but a prayer, meaning,
save now, and it means either that Jehovah shall be propitious to some
one else, conspicuous in the scene, or in connection with him, to the
people uttering the cry. In the Ps. 118:25, 26 from which this invocation
is taken, it is probably a prayer that Jehovah will be propitious to his
people. While in Mt. 21:9, where it reads,hWSANNA T. hUIWi DAUEIDbe
propitious now to the Son of David, the prayer is for the one whom the
multitude recognize as the coming Messiah. Probably, here it is the
prayer of the people that the expected salvation may be accomplished now.
EULOGHMENOS hO ERXOMENOS EN ONOM. KUR.Blessed is he that cometh in the
name of the Lord.
Gould, E. P. (1922). A critical and exegetical commentary on the Gospel
according to St. Mark (208). New York: C. Scribner's sons.
george
gfsomsel
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