[B-Greek] hHn eicen

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Aug 21 08:05:25 EDT 2007


On Aug 21, 2007, at 7:55 AM, Litteral John wrote:

> I had asked this before, but I got side tracked last time.  But I am
> back to this one again.  It is found in Daniel 2:14 of the Old Greek
> LXX.  Here is the context.  TOTE DANIEL EIPE BOULHN KAI GNWMHN hHN  
> EICEN
> ARIWCN TW ARCIMAGEIRW TOU BASILEWS......

i.e. ARIWCHi TWi ARCIMAGEIRWi TOU BASILEWS
>
> hHN EICEN  appears to be "which he had, " but somehow I don't see how
> that fits in the passage.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

It is indeed "the counsel and idea that he had" -- and it would  
appear that BOULHN KAI GNWMHN are conceived of as a hendiadys. The  
context seems to indicate the king has been previously told that  
there's no wise man in the realm who can advise the king.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Ret)




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