[B-Greek] Job 13:20 χρήσῃ [CRHSHi]
Albert Pietersma
albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Mon Sep 21 17:49:35 EDT 2009
On Sep 21, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Carl Conrad wrote:
>
> 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."
Not to be overlooked is that (as NETS makes clear) the two clauses you
cite are not continuous text. The first clause belongs to the Old
Greek text of Job, while the second one is a line from Theodotion.
Thus the colon at the end of the first clause presupposes v. 21, not
the intrusive line from Theodotion. Thus the Old Greek text reads: But
you shall indulge me in two things: withdraw your hand from me, and
let fear of you not terrify me.
Al
>>
>>
>> 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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