[B-Greek] Job 13:20 χρήσῃ [CRHSHi]

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Sep 21 17:17:00 EDT 2009


On Sep 21, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Tom Moore wrote:

> Job 13:20:
> δυεῖν δέ μοι χρήσῃ τότε ἀπὸ τοῦ  
> προσώπου σου οὐ κρυβήσομαι
> DUEIN DE MOI CRHSHi TOTE APO TOU PROSWPOU SOU KRUBHSOMAI
>
> Brenton translates: "But grant to me two things; then I will not  
> hide myself from thy face."
> NETSS translates: "But you shall indulge me in two things: then I  
> will not hide myself from your face."
>
> What word is CRHSHi: KICRHMI or CRAOMAI? What is its parsing?

CRHSHi from CRAOMAI
2 sg. fut. middle


CRAOMAI is a verb that is so idiosyncratically idiomatic that one  
really needs to see it in a whole slew of instances to get a good grip  
on it.
BDAG has a pretty good accounting of it; one should also read  
carefully through the entire LSJ entry (under χράω CRAW).
It means pretty much what the French verb "se servir de" means: "take  
advantage of, make use of, avail oneself of, associate with, deal with  
(i.e. do business with ...) "

>
> Assuming KICRHMI means "lend/furnish with" and CRAOMAI means "use",  
> it looks to me like a middle-passive of KICRHMI (2nd sg, either fut  
> ind or 1aor sub), but if KICRHMI, I'm confused why it isn't active  
> voice.

KICRHMI is really the same verb: the active causative of a verb that  
is fundamentally middle.

DUEIN is interesting; it's evidently the phonetic spelling of what is  
ordinarily DUOIN, the old genitive/dative form; here the OI is itacized.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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