Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

I really don't see any similarity between these two letters, either in 
archaic 
or square script.  Then there's also the question of where the `ayin came 
from.  

On Saturday 05 February 2005 23:29, Yigal Levin wrote:
> Perhaps the Hebrew vorlage used by the LXX read HKN "be prepared" instead
> of HCN( ?  Could the 3-2nd century Sade be confused with Kaph? My
> assumption is that the LXX's source was in Aramaic "square" script, rather
> than
> paleo-Hebrew. Could the Sade/Kaph transcription have occurred when the text
> was transcribed from paleo-Hebrew to "square" ?
>
>
> Yigal
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
> To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 8:04 AM
> Subject: [b-hebrew] Micah 6:8
>
> > 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?
> >
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Dave Washburn
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