[b-greek] EPISTREFW Zech 10:9-10

From: Randall Buth (ButhFam@compuserve.com)
Date: Mon Apr 15 2002 - 04:06:59 EDT


Thank you Clay for the nice example,

>>
>Here we see EPISTREFW used twice in close proximity. One intransitive and
>one transitive. Both translate the Hebrew shwb, where the Qal form is used
>in the end of verse 9 and the Hifil in the beginning of verse 10.
>
>Thought this was a curio of sorts, but there is nothing really puzzling
>about it.

There are times when I move students around class with
epistrepsai / epistrepsasthai eis thn kathedran
'return to your chair' and I've often felt that incongruity.

As for the Hebrew, following up your comments last week,
rather than say that both Greek words translate "shuv"
one may phrase this as follows:
 epistrepsasthai translates
   hu shav 'he returned' (intr.)
and
   hu heshiv 'he returned (something)
Two different Hebrew words, etymologically related to the same root.

As for the Greek, it is just an incongruity, like some multivalent English
verbs.

ERRWSO
Randall Buth
Director, Biblical Language Center
www.biblicalulpan.org
and Lecturer, Biblical Hebrew
Rothberg International School
Hebrew University



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