[B-Greek] Gen 3:16b LXX: t'shuqah (desire) => APOSTROFH(turning)

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Wed Jan 6 10:41:35 EST 2010


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From: "Ken Penner" <kpenner at stfx.ca>
To: "b-greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: 6. januar 2010 18:13
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Gen 3:16b LXX: t'shuqah (desire) => APOSTROFH(turning)
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Iver, if you're interested in the meaning of T$WQTH, it occurs in the Dead Sea 
Scrolls. Check at 1QS XI, 22; 1QM XV, 10; XVII, 4; 4Q256 XXII, 1; 4Q256 1 10; 
4Q446 3 1; 6Q18 2 4.
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Sorry, I don't have access to these texts, and my Hebrew is not that good.

I do have what is called Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew, and they give 
the following information for the Hebrew word in question:
"to concentrate one's full attention on someone else ► either with the purpose 
of pleasing that person or of gaining control over him/her; ● agent: human - to 
turn one's attention to; to be enraptured by; to concentrate one's energy on GEN 
3:16; 4:7; SNG 7:11 [3])"

Since this is Hebrew it is not relevant for this list except to explore why the 
LXX translator(s) used APOSTROFH.

Iver




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