[B-Greek] hHn eicen
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 21 10:45:51 EDT 2007
14 τότε Δανιηλ εἶπε βουλὴν καὶ γνώμην, ἣν εἶχεν, Αριώχῃ τῷ ἀρχιμαγείρῳ τοῦ βασιλέως, ὧ προσέταξεν ἐξαγαγεῖν τοὺς σοφιστὰς τῆς Βαβυλωνίας,
15 καὶ ἐπυνθάνετο αὐτοῦ λέγων Περὶ τίνος δογματίζεται πικρῶς παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως; τότε τὸ πρόσταγμα ἐσήμανεν ὁ Αριώχης τῷ Δανιηλ.
14 TOTE DANIHL EIPE BOULHN KAI GNWMHN, hHN EIXEN, ARIWXHi TWi ARXIMAGEIRWi TOU BASILEWS, hW [Dat] PROSETACEN ECAGAGEIN TOUS SOFISTAS THS BABULWNIAS,
15 KAI EPUNQANETO AUTOU LEGWN, "PERI TINOS DOGMATIZETAI PIKRWS PARA TOU BASILEW?" TOTE TO PROSTAGMA ESHMANEN hO ARIWXHS TWi DANIHL.
In many texts there is an extended description of the act of speech. Here we see that it first states that he spoke βουλὴν καὶ γνώμην [BOULHN KAI GNWMHN], i.e. "purposefully and intentionally." The object of εἶπε [EIPE] is ἣν εἶχεν, Αριώχῃ τῷ ἀρχιμαγείρῳ τοῦ βασιλέως, ὧ προσέταξεν ἐξαγαγεῖν τοὺς σοφιστὰς τῆς Βαβυλωνίας, [hHN EIXEN, ARIWXHi TWi ARXIMAGEIRWi TOU BASILEWS, hW [Dat] PROSETACEN ECAGAGEIN TOUS SOFISTAS THS BABULWNIAS,]. It then proceeds to give the content of what was actually said in the following verse after a further speech introductory formula -- καὶ ἐπυνθάνετο αὐτοῦ λέγων Περὶ τίνος δογματίζεται πικρῶς παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως; τότε τὸ πρόσταγμα ἐσήμανεν ὁ Αριώχης τῷ Δανιηλ. [KAI EPUNQANETO AUTOU LEGWN, "PERI
TINOS DOGMATIZETAI PIKRWS PARA TOU BASILEW?" TOTE TO PROSTAGMA ESHMANEN hO ARIWXHS TWi DANIHL.]
Ἣν εἶχεν [hHN EIXEN] thus serves to designate what it was that was spoken purposefully and intentionally to the chief cook [but apparently not the bottle-washer].
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Litteral John <John.Litteral at Ashland.kyschools.us>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 6:55:13 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] hHn eicen
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......
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!
Thanks,
John Litteral
john.litteral at ashland .kyschools.us
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