[B-Greek] ESQEIEIN

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Jan 9 04:29:38 EST 2008


On Jan 8, 2008, at 9:44 PM, jlitteral5 at adelphia.net wrote:

> I have run onto this word in the OG version of Daniel in Codex 967.   
> The context is this.  SPORIMWN ESQEIEIN KAI UDROPOTIN

I'd say this is patently a pronunciation-based orthographical error  
for ESQIEIN, i.e. present active infinitive of ESQIW. EI and I were  
pronounced alike in the Hellenistic era, as can be readily observed by  
anyone who looks at the MSS and papyri.


Carl W. Conrad
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