My point was that a previous correspondent had identified the LXX as aWell, David, I would have more confidence that you had done your homework on the meaning of the verb in question if you had correctly identified its dictionary form. Your "oruko" suggests that you did not actually check on the meaning of ORUSSW/ORUTTW, with no letter which could possibly be transliterated "k".
source supporting a translation the 22nd Psalm, Verse 16 as "they pierce"
when in fact, it reads "they dug", irrespective of my ad hoc transliteration
of the Greek. The debate was how to translate "karu", as "they dug" vs.
"they pierced". The LXX supports the former. Whether or not the author
meant "they dug" to mean "they pierce" was not the point per se.
dkimbrough AT clwa.org
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