[B-Greek] SUNTETRIMMENON from SUNTRIBW and KATEAXEI from KATAGNUMI
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Mar 19 12:37:58 EDT 2008
On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:53 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:
> Matt 12:20
>
> KALAMON SUNTETRIMMENON OU KATEAXEI KAI LINON TUFOMENON
> OU SBESEI hEWS AN EKBALHi EIS NIKOS THN KRISIN
>
> SUNTETRIMMENON comes from SUNTRIBW. Where does the MM
> come from?
Assimilation: SUN-TETRIB-MENON: the labial consonant assimilates to
the labial nasal.
> How does KATAGNUMI become KATEAXEI? I'm guessing that
> G+S produces X; is that normal?
(a)AG + S --> AKS (which is spelled AX)
(b) The root of AGNUMI is wAG (ϝαγ); the aorist is EAXA (from EwAG-
SA --> EwAK-SA = EwAXA; it would appear that the form of the future
stem EAX- as it appears in Mt 12:20 is derivative from the augmented
aorist stem. Ordinarily the future stem of KATAGNUMI is KATAX-
Evidently this is a citation from Isaiah 42.2 but the Greek text of Mt
12:20 differs markedly from the LXX of that verse:
3 κάλαμον τεθλασμένον οὐ συντρίψει
καὶ λίνον καπνιζόμενον οὐ σβέσει
ἀλλὰ εἰς ἀλήθειαν ἐξοίσει κρίσιν
KALAMON TEQLASMENON OU SUNTRIYEI KAI LINON PANIZOMENON OU SBESEI ALLA
THN ALHQEIAN EXOISEI KRISIN.
I leave it to others to explain this different form of the text.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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