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Prov 30:4

From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
To: Tony Costa <tmcos AT hotmail.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Prov 30:4
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 15:28:16 -0500

Tony-

At 11:45 AM 12/1/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Dear friends,
>
> Prov 30:4 has "...what is his name, and what is his son's name...."(KJV)
>The MT has 'BEN' for "son" in the singular whereas the LXX has "hUIOOI" (I
>believe this is how it is spelled, I don't have the text before me), "sons"
>in the plural. Any ideas as to why the LXX uses the plural in Greek while
>the Hebrew MT uses the singular "son"? Many thanks.

the consonantal text is ambiguous here- it is beth nun waw. now depending
on how one points this word one ends up with either the singular or the
plural. i.e., beno - his son; whilst benaw = his sons...

so- the greek scribe read the plural while the kjv followed the singular.

best,

Jim

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Fwd: Prov 30:4, Tony Costa, 12/01/1999
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- Prov 30:4, Jim West, 12/01/1999