Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

You're right about the (Ayin, which is why I revised my suggestion to HKN(,
from the root KN( which means "submit". As far as the graphic similarity -
we should look at the specific forms used in the 3-2 centuries. True, the
forms are not as close as the "classic" case of Dalet/Resh, but I can see
where a translator or a copyist, trying to make sense of a word that he was
not familliar with, could assume that the letter is badly written.
But as I said, it's not perfect - just a thought.


Yigal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Micah 6:8


> 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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