נזר - "crown" βασίλειον, ἁγίασμα and νεζερ
Posted: November 23rd, 2015, 11:41 pm
I have a question about the Hebrew Vorlage and Septuagint translation of these two verses:
2 Kings (Samuel) 1:10 wrote:καὶ ἐπέστην ἐπ’ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐθανάτωσα αὐτόν ὅτι ᾔδειν ὅτι οὐ ζήσεται μετὰ τὸ πεσεῖν αὐτόν καὶ ἔλαβον τὸ βασίλειον (הַנֵּ֣זֶר) τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν χλιδῶνα τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ βραχίονος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνήνοχα αὐτὰ τῷ κυρίῳ μου ὧδε
4 Kings (2 Kings) 11:12 wrote:καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἔδωκεν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τὸ νεζερ καὶ τὸ μαρτύριον καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἔχρισεν αὐτόν καὶ ἐκρότησαν τῇ χειρὶ καὶ εἶπαν ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς
In considering the translation of נזר (nzr) as "holiness" or as "crown", is my thinking sound? The word βασίλειον, seems to be a literal translation of the object. Is τὸ ἁγίασμα simply "the thing that sets (a king) apart" or marks the king as set apart, i.e. the "crown"? But, I don't think that is a Greek way of thinking, and LSJ at least doesn't pick up on it, nor does BDAG mention it. Retaining νεζερ suggests that it was a technical term when used in Greek among the Jews of Alexandria, when speaking of the crown.Psalm 131:18 wrote:ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτὸν ἐξανθήσει τὸ ἁγίασμά μου