[B-Greek] LXX Genesis 1:2 - tohu as AORATOS
Eric S. Weiss
papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Wed May 28 22:53:40 EDT 2008
Carl W. Conrad wrote:
> But that is AORISTOS: ever heard of the "aorist" 'tense'?
> What French calls "le passé indéfini"?
>
> The root of hORIZW is hOROS, 'boundary'; there's no
> relationship to fORA, the root of hORAW.
Interestingly, according to Hatch & Redpath the LXX
never uses AORISTOS. But it does use AMORFOS precisely
one time - Wisdom 11:17:
OU GAR HPOREI H PANTODUNAMOS SOU CEIR
KAI KTISASA TON KOSMON EX AMORFOU hULHS
EPIPEMYAI AUTOIS PLHQOS ARKWN H QRASEIS LEONTAS
NETS:
For your all-powerful hand,
which created the world out of formless matter,
was not at a loss to send out on them a multitude of bears or bold lions.
I wonder why AMORFOS was not used for tohu?
Eric S. Weiss
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