Biblical Hebrew Forum

[ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)]

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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