[B-Greek] Ezek 8:6 [was Ezek 6:6]
Albert Pietersma
albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Sat Mar 8 14:00:45 EST 2008
I wonder, George. While it is true that Iezek often renders the sg.
of MQDS by a neuter plural, at times (e.g. 11.16; 45:4, 18; 48:8, 21)
he uses a singular term. That would seem to suggest that when he
uses the plural he has in mind a bit more than a given spot. In any
case, the plural reference includes, I should think, the entire
complex of structutes (precincts), including the paraphernalia.
You are right, Iezek 8:6 is somewhat ambiguous on this score, given
APEXOMAI. For its other uses in Iezek see 11:15 and 22:5, neither one
of which, as one would expect, is causative. Therefore if ME is to be
supplied in 8:6 it would have to be as subject, not object (which in
any case would not be accusative). But to presuppose a switch in
subject, from the main verb, would be rather odd, the more since no
discrete pronoun is supplied in the subordinate clause.
Ergo, I still think Noel did the right thing, and in fact was
circumspect in using "holy things" rather than "holy place", as he
sometimes does elsewhere.
Al
On Mar 8, 2008, at 12:22 PM, George F Somsel wrote:
> You have caused a small amount of confusion by your subject heading
> of "Ezek 6:6" when it is actually 8.6. I have adjusted it
> accordingly.
>
> καὶ εἶπεν πρός με Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου,
> ἑώρακας τί οὗτοι ποιοῦσιν; ἀνομίας
> μεγάλας ποιοῦσιν ὧδε τοῦ
> ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων μου, καὶ
> ἔτι ὄψει ἀνομίας μείζονας.
>
>
> KAI EIPEN PROS ME, "hUIE ANQRWPOU, hEWRAKAS TI hOUTOI POIOUSIN?
> ANOMIAS MEGALAS POIOUSIN hWDE TOU APEXESQAI APO TWN hAGIWN MOU,
> OYEI ANOMIAS MEIZONAS."
>
> While the LXX must ultimately be understood on its own, it is
> sometimes helpful to take a look at the Hebrew upon which it is
> based. While the text here referenced is translated from the
> Hebrew largely as "to drive me from", which would seem to be the
> piel form. The verb here in its basic form (qal), which is
> generally indicated, is simply "to be distant." In the piel form
> it becomes "to send away." Since the verb is what is known in
> Hebrew grammar as a II gutteral or `ayin gutteral, which means that
> the second radical is a gutteral, it is conceivable that it could
> be a piel form since the gutteral rejects the dagesh which is one
> of the distinguishing marks of the piel.
>
> The Greek seems not to have a causative connotation. The genitive
> of the articular infinitive which we see in τοῦ
> ἀπέχεσθαι [TOU APEXESQAI] would indicate a final or
> causative event. The μου [MOU] must most reasonably be construed
> with τῶν ἁγίων [TWN hAGIWN], which is another problem with
> the LXX of this verse since it is singular in Hebrew, but this
> seems to not be uncommon in the LXX. I would think that it would
> better have been translated as "my Holy Place" and to understand
> τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι [TOU APEXESQAI] in a causative sense
> supplying με [ME] which is not specified in the Greek as the
> object of the phrase. Thus understood, the LXX reading would yield
> much the same as the traditional reading of the MT.
>
> george
> gfsomsel
>
> … search for truth, hear truth,
> learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth,
> defend the truth till death.
>
>
> - Jan Hus
> _________
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> From: Bucur <bogabu at yahoo.com>
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2008 10:27:37 AM
> Subject: [B-Greek] Ezek 6:6
>
> NETS translates the central passage in Ezek 8:6 as
> "they are committing great acts of lawlessness here by
> keeping themselves far from my holy things" (hWDE TOU
> APECESQAI APO TWN hAGIWN MOU). Given the context --
> God is about to leave the temple -- I think, this does
> not make sense. Is there some pressing grammatical
> reason for changing "so that I [that is, God] should
> keep away ..." into what the NETS version offers?
>
> Bogdan Bucur
>
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