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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com>
  • To: Deborah Millier <deborahmillier AT yahoo.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Re: One question about Yonah
  • Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 02:35:57 -0700

On 18/08/2003 17:06, Deborah Millier wrote:

In Rahlfs' edition of the LXX, the OG says KETEI (1:17
= 2:1) and KETOUS (2:2) (i.e. whale or large sea
creature), with both nouns being *neuter*. Hmmmm,
looks like the Hebrew ur-text(s) recorded no gender
differences (i.e. DAG, DAG, or DAGAH, DAGAH), or that
there has been some harmonizing going on. Or that the
"discrepancy" didn't bother those who translated
Yonah's story into Greek.

-- Michael Millier



Surely the latter is more likely. At least I don't like to even speculate that a translation implies a different underlying text when the translation (as also all modern English ones!) is a perfectly acceptable translation of the MT as it stands. And there is no correlation between gender in Greek and gender in Hebrew, except in most (not all e.g. PAIDION, QUGATRION) cases for obvious male/female differences.

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Peter Kirk
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