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  • From: c stirling bartholomew <cc.constantine AT worldnet.att.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] ur-textual possibilities between MT and LXX on Psa. 2:12
  • Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 12:57:49 -0700

on 5/27/03 11:09 AM, Deborah Millier wrote:

> A (hopefully) quick question: what are your educated
> speculations as to what the translator(s) of the LXX's
> rendition of Psa. 2:12(DRAXASTHE PAIDEIAS, "[you all]
> trap instruction"?) was reading in the Hebrew. I, for
> the life of me, can't come up with a satisfactory
> back-translation that explains the substantive
> differences of wording and concepts between the LXX
> and MT there. Can anyone help?
>
> -- Michael Millier

Michael

Looks like a textual problem.

LEH entry for DRASSOMAI

Lv 2:2; 5:12; Nm 5:26; Ps 2:12; Jdt 13:7 4:41 to grasp, to lay hold of
[tino"] Jdt 13:7; to take (by handfuls) [ti] Lv 2:2;
*Ps 2:12 dravxasqe -nsw or ns¹w to accept for MT nshqw kiss
Cf. DUBARLE 1955, 510-511; HELBING 1928, 128

greetings, Clay


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Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
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