[B-Greek] Judges 7:5-7 LXX dog-like lappers
Mitch Larramore
mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 14 16:19:11 EST 2007
Here is the LXX (I think) for Judges 7...
5 KAI KATHNEGKEN TON LAON PROS TO hUDWR KAI EIPEN
KURIOS PROS GEDEWN PAS hOS AN LAYHi THi GLWSSHi AUTOU
APO TOU hUDATOS hWS EAN LAYHi hO KUWN STHSEIS AUTON
KATA MONAS KAI PAS hOS EAN KLINHi EPI TA GONATA AUTOU
PIEIN KAI KATEBIBASEN TON LAON EIS TO hUDWR KAI EIPEN
KURIOS PROS GEDEWN PAS hOS AN LAYHi THi GLWSSHi AUTOU
EK TOU hUDATOS hWS EAN LAYHi hO KUWN STHSEIS AUTON
KATA MONAS KAI PAS hOS AN KAMYHi EPI TA GONATA AUTOU
TOU PIEIN METASTHSEIS AUTON KAQ hAUTON
6 KAI EGENETO hO ARIQMOS TWN LAYANTWN EN CEIRI AUTWN
PROS TO STOMA AUTWN TRIAKOSIOI ANDRES KAI PAN TO
KATALOIPON TOU LAOU EKLINAN EPI TA GONATA AUTWN PIEIN
hUDWR KAI EGENETO PAS hO ARIQMOS TWN LAYANTWN EN THi
GLWSSHi AUTWN TRIAKOSIOI ANDRES KAI PAS hO EPILOIPOS
TOU LAOU EKAMYAN EPI TA GONATA AUTWN TOU PIEIN hUDWR
7 KAI EIPEN KURIOS PROS GEDEWN EN TOIS TRIAKOSIOIS
ANDRASIN TOIS LAYASIN SWSW hUMAS KAI DWSW THN MADIAM
EN CEIRI SOU KAI PAS hO LAOS POREUSONTAI ANHR EIS TON
TOPON AUTOU KAI EIPEN KURIOS PROS GEDEWN EN TOIS
TRIAKOSIOIS ANDRASIN TOIS LAYASIN SWSW hUMAS KAI
PARADWSW THN MADIAM EN CEIRI SOU KAI PAS hO LAOS
APOTRECETW ANHR EIS TON TOPON AUTOU
Here is the NET Bible's note:
The Hebrew text adds, with their hands to their
mouths, This makes no sense in light of v. 5, which
distinguishes between dog-like lappers (who would not
use their hands to drink) and those who kneel (who
would use their hands). It seems likely that the words
with their hands to their mouths have been misplaced
from v. 6. They fit better at the end of v. 5 or v. 6.
Perhaps these words were originally a marginal scribal
note which was later accidentally inserted into the
text in the wrong place.
Question...
Is there anything in the Greek here that would give us
a better understanding of how these dog-like lappers
lapped? One commentary seems to say that the dog-like
lappers were identified that way by their arm/hand
corresponding to a dog's tongue motion. Did these
soldiers lap directly in the water or did they bring
the water to their mouths with their cupped hand?
Mitch Larramore
Sugar Land, Texas
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