From: Garth Grenache <garthgrenache AT hotmail.com>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] how different spellings got into the Hebrew Bible
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:43:13 +1000
> 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?