Psalm 75:11
Posted: September 3rd, 2017, 10:45 am
ὅτι ἐνθύμιον ἀνθρώπου ἐξομολογήσεταί σοι,
καὶ ἐνκατάλιμμα ἐνθυμίου ἑορτάσει σοι.
This rendered by the LES:
For the inward thought of a person will give thanks to you,
and a remnant of inward thought will celebrate you.
The NETS has a similar rendering.
ἐνθύμιον translates the Hebrew חֵמָה, "anger." If we examine the historical usage of ἐνθύμιον:
ἐνθύμιος
SHORT DEFINITION
ἐνθύμιος, taken to heart
LSJ
ἐνθῡμ-ιος
ἐνθύμιος , ον, (θυμός)
Ataken to heart, weighing upon the mind, μὴ δή τοι κεῖνός γε λίην ἐνθύμιος ἔστω let him not lie too heavy on thy soul, take not too much thought for him, Od.13.421; ἐνθύμιόν οἱ ἐγένετο ἐμπρήσαντι τὸ ἱρόν he had pricks of conscience for having done it, Hdt. 8.54; ἐνθύμιόν τί τινι προσθεῖναι Antipho3.1.2; τί δʼ ἐστί σοι τοῦτʼ . . ἐ.; what isʼt that weighs upon thy heart? S.OT739; ἐπειδή σοι τόδʼ ἐστʼ ἐ. if this matter causes thee any scruple, E.HF722; ἐ. γίγνεταί τινί τις Antipho 2.3.10, cf. App.BC5.133; ἐνθύμιον ποιεῖσθαί τι, = ἐνθυμεῖσθαι, to take to heart, to have a scruple about it, Th.7.50; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος D.C.58.6; ἐ. τιθέναι τί τινι to make him have scruples about it, E.Ion1347; ἐ. ἔχειν ὡς, c. part., Inscr.Cos319.10; ἐ. ὑπολείπεσθαί τι Antipho 3.4.9; ἐ. εὐναί a couch full of care, S.Tr.110 (lyr.); ἐνθύμιον ἔστω Δάματρος, formula in a curse, GDI3541.7 (Cnidos): ἐνθύμιον, τό, wrath, LXX Ps. 75(76).10.
II ἐνθύμια, τά, meaning, Ph.2.484; ideas, Iamb.VP5.20; ἐνθύμιον ποιεῖσθαι reflect, c. acc. et inf., Alciphr.3.10; λαμβάνω τὸ ἐ. I take the hint, Ach. Tat.2.7.
The question is why the translation "inward thought" considering that the history of the word also includes the idea of troubled inward thought, so that the semantic range could conceviably include "anger." I think we can ignore the LSJ's citation of the meaning in our passage as "anger," since they LSJ always assumes that the LXX is a direct translation of the Hebrew. Of course, ἐνθύμιον is a hapax in the LXX, but the cognate ἐνθυμέω is used of a variety of emotional states in the LXX. Suggestions?
καὶ ἐνκατάλιμμα ἐνθυμίου ἑορτάσει σοι.
This rendered by the LES:
For the inward thought of a person will give thanks to you,
and a remnant of inward thought will celebrate you.
The NETS has a similar rendering.
ἐνθύμιον translates the Hebrew חֵמָה, "anger." If we examine the historical usage of ἐνθύμιον:
ἐνθύμιος
SHORT DEFINITION
ἐνθύμιος, taken to heart
LSJ
ἐνθῡμ-ιος
ἐνθύμιος , ον, (θυμός)
Ataken to heart, weighing upon the mind, μὴ δή τοι κεῖνός γε λίην ἐνθύμιος ἔστω let him not lie too heavy on thy soul, take not too much thought for him, Od.13.421; ἐνθύμιόν οἱ ἐγένετο ἐμπρήσαντι τὸ ἱρόν he had pricks of conscience for having done it, Hdt. 8.54; ἐνθύμιόν τί τινι προσθεῖναι Antipho3.1.2; τί δʼ ἐστί σοι τοῦτʼ . . ἐ.; what isʼt that weighs upon thy heart? S.OT739; ἐπειδή σοι τόδʼ ἐστʼ ἐ. if this matter causes thee any scruple, E.HF722; ἐ. γίγνεταί τινί τις Antipho 2.3.10, cf. App.BC5.133; ἐνθύμιον ποιεῖσθαί τι, = ἐνθυμεῖσθαι, to take to heart, to have a scruple about it, Th.7.50; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος D.C.58.6; ἐ. τιθέναι τί τινι to make him have scruples about it, E.Ion1347; ἐ. ἔχειν ὡς, c. part., Inscr.Cos319.10; ἐ. ὑπολείπεσθαί τι Antipho 3.4.9; ἐ. εὐναί a couch full of care, S.Tr.110 (lyr.); ἐνθύμιον ἔστω Δάματρος, formula in a curse, GDI3541.7 (Cnidos): ἐνθύμιον, τό, wrath, LXX Ps. 75(76).10.
II ἐνθύμια, τά, meaning, Ph.2.484; ideas, Iamb.VP5.20; ἐνθύμιον ποιεῖσθαι reflect, c. acc. et inf., Alciphr.3.10; λαμβάνω τὸ ἐ. I take the hint, Ach. Tat.2.7.
The question is why the translation "inward thought" considering that the history of the word also includes the idea of troubled inward thought, so that the semantic range could conceviably include "anger." I think we can ignore the LSJ's citation of the meaning in our passage as "anger," since they LSJ always assumes that the LXX is a direct translation of the Hebrew. Of course, ἐνθύμιον is a hapax in the LXX, but the cognate ἐνθυμέω is used of a variety of emotional states in the LXX. Suggestions?