[B-Greek] KLINE
Fridolin Janzen
fjanzen at gmx.net
Sat Jul 22 17:02:48 EDT 2006
My main point was, that if I translate KLINE with a different word than
"bed", the questions that were discussed would not make such a big
difference. Since there are at least 4 different words in Greek, that are
all translated as "bed" into different languages, shouldn't we try to
differentiate between them in the target-language in order to simplify the
comprehension of the text for the readers? Couch for KLINE, mattress for
KRABBATON, pillow for KLINIDIO, and bed for KOITE, as possibilities. If you
could place a light bellow the KLINE (theoretically), it obviously wasn't
touching the ground (Luke 8:16), and it was in a public place for the people
to have its light or don't have it. Unless you had one room in the whole
house the KLINE would be located in an area where the guests would commune.
While the "object" upon which people slept at night was a KOITE (Luke 11:7).
By the way, Luke is the only writer that uses all four words. Since sofa has
something to lean on, and the KLINE did not, this word could not be used.
The technically correct word for KLINE in Portuguese would be our word for
DIVAN.
I have the impression that in the given scenario, the two were not lying in
a bed. They were either reclining and having fellowship in the
"living-room", or they were reclining at a meal, on a KLINE.
Pastor Fridolin Janzen
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