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  • From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Micah 6:8
  • Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:10:01 +0000

On Sat 5 Feb 2005 (23:04:52), dwashbur AT nyx.net wrote:
> I'm wondering about the word HCN( in this verse. It's a hapax; the
> nearest cousin is a passive in Proverbs that seems to speak of
> humility. But if the word's meaning is clearly established as
> "humbly" or "in humility" or something like that, why did the LXX
> translate it hETOIMON EINAI, "be ready"??? The few commentaries etc.
> that I have are no help, they just assume the "standard" rendering and
> move on. I think it was Moffatt who rendered it "in fellowship," and
> I have no idea where that came from. Any thoughts?

Micah 6:8 seems to be an allusion to Deuteronomy 10:12-13, where HiGGiYD
L:Ka 'aDaM already beforehand what YHWH requires.
The Qal passive participle in Proverbs 11:2 refers to those who are
unaffected
by pride; i.e., the lowly. As it is only the "lowly" who are "ready to walk
with the LORD", then the LXX seems an interpretative gloss rather than a
literal translation. KAI hETOIMON EINAI TOU POREUSQAI META KURIOU QEOU SOU
isn't a bad stab at W:HaC:NeaX LeKeT `iM-'e:LoHeYKa. "to bow down [the] going
with thy God".

/thoughts

Ben
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