[B-Greek] SOLOMARW

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 2 01:21:11 EDT 2009


The variant ASPANES / ASFANEZ might be easily explained as a simply consonantal shift.  The Theodotianic reading Αμελσαδ AMELSAD can be explained as a transliteration of the Hebrew אֶל־הַמֶּלְצַר with the resh changed to a daleth which can easily happen since the letters look quite close.  The Old Greek has  Αβιεσδρι ABIESDRI.  I have no idea what might explain that unless it is some combination with אָבִי which would likely be "My Father" referencing the diety which would then be something like ESDRI.  I have no idea how SOLOMARW might have entered the picture though it seems likely that the -W ending might be a dative with iota subscript which would be in keeping with the form and case used in the Old Greek.


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From: "jlitteral5 at roadrunner.com" <jlitteral5 at roadrunner.com>
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Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2009 4:09:39 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] SOLOMARW

I have inquired about this name before for a different reason.  It is found in the Old Greek Version of Daniel in 1:11 of Codex 967.  I was wondering that by if some chance it was not a scribal error but the Vorlage actually had it, that it would have been Shalimar in Hebrew?  While Rahlfs has ABIESDRI, the older codex 967 has SOLOMARW, but also in 1:3 the 967 does not use ABIESDRI but ASPANES which varies from Theodotion's ASFANEZ.

Thanks!

John Litteral

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