Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Dave:

There's a good chance that the meaning for this word had been forgotten by 
the time the LXX translators took a look at it. You are right, as a verb this 
is a hapax legomai. In this context there is no solid clue as to its meaning. 
It looks like a hiphil.

In Proverbs 11:2 we find another hapax legomai from the same root, but here 
it is contrasted with ZDWN "provocation". Not much better. Could it have the 
meaning of "peacemaking"?

Peter, are there any clues from cognate languages?

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>

> 
> 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?
> 
> --
> Dave Washburn
> http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
> "No good.  Hit on head."   -Gronk
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