Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Garth Grenache <garthgrenache AT hotmail.com>]

> Actually, Karl, the LXX does change the MT in Zech 9.9. It?s not Matthew?s 
> error (or his translator?s). The MT describes the coming king as ?????, 
> which is a Niphal passive participle. The LXX has rendered this as an 
> active, ?????, probably because it found it inconceivable that the coming 
> king is ?liberated? (MT). It therefore took the liberty (excuse the pun) to 
> render an active in place of the passive.

Could it be a middle Niphal, "saving of himself" or "victorious" or "set 
free" in the sense of unleashed?

Garth Grenache,
Australia
                                          
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