[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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