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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Pr 10:11
  • Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 23:45:01 -0700

Pere:

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> I read Pr 10:11 in both the Hebrew and the Greek translation LXX and I
> remark that the Greek has "hand" as an equivalence for the Hebrew "mouth"
> (peh, construct pi).
>
> Is there a good reason to explain this so strong change from Hebrew
> to Greek?
>
> That’s not the only change between the Hebrew and Greek.

Possibilities include that the text that the LXX translator used had ‘hand’
instead of ‘mouth’, or that it’s just a poor translation for this verse.

>
>
> --
> Pere Porta
> (Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain)


Karl W. Randolph.




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