[B-Greek] SUNTETRIMMENON from SUNTRIBW and KATEAXEI from KATAGNUMI

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 22 09:29:24 EDT 2008


It would appear to be an independent translation from the Hebrew rather than a direct quotation of the LXX.  I see no reason to infer a differing text at this point.  It isn't unusual for differing translations to both use some common words as well as different words in translation.  Nor is it unusual for translations to use slightly divergent forms of words.
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
To: Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
Cc: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:37:58 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] SUNTETRIMMENON from SUNTRIBW and KATEAXEI from KATAGNUMI


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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