[B-Greek] 2 Samuel 1.1 TUPTWN

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 30 18:31:23 EST 2007


As in many cases with the LXX it follows the Hebrew of the MT fairly closely.  In this case it uses the participle for the inf const of the Hebrew.  While the form of the Hebrew verb here is the Hiphil which generally indicates a causative sense, this verb is not used un the Qal which might be expected in the case of other verbs.  The inf const in Hebrew is, like the participle, a verbal noun and focuses on the process of the action.
 
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
To: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 7:00:16 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] 2 Samuel 1.1 TUPTWN


KAI EGENETO META TO APOQANEIN SAOUL KAI DAUID
ANESTREYE TUPTWN TON AMALHK KAI EKAQISE DAUID EN
SIKELAG hHMERAS DUO

2 questions on this.

First, why is TUPTWN a Present participle? Had it been
placed before ANESTREYE would that of mattered? I
would have expected an Aorist participle to express
the idea that AFTER striking Amalek, he returned. My
interlinear has "David returned from striking Amalek."
This idea of "from" is a new one for me.

Second, there seems to be a lot of KAI's used in the
LXX where they don't seem overly needed. Is this
trying to capture something in the underlying Hebrew?

Mitch Larramore
Sugar Land, Texas



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