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NASB | 2 Samuel 24:13 So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, "Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now consider and see what answer I shall return to Him who sent me." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Samuel 24:13 So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, "Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your enemies as they pursue you? Or shall there be three days of pestilence (plague) in your land? Now consider this and decide what answer I shall return to Him who sent me." |
Bible Question:
1. what kind of language for [tria(5140)ete]three,(Zayin)seven,[Giymel,]gimmel, three." referred to? 2. What is the LXX standing for ? |
Bible Answer: Greetings Samuel Chung! The LXX is a symbol for the Septuagint, which is the Hebrew Old Testament written in Greek. The Jews of Alexandria were more familiar with Greek, so they translated the Old Testament into Greek since they were not as familiar with Hebrew as their brethren in Palestine. It is thought that the Septuagint was written about 280 B.C. The Septuagint version was highly esteemed by the Hellenistic Jews before the coming of Christ. Wherever the Greek language prevailed, the Septuagint was also to be found, and it became the means of spreading the Old Testament. The "LXX" symbol is a Latin numerical that means '70', after the Septuagint. The Greek word for 'three' is "treis" (root word "tria", which means a "primary (plural) number; "three":--three."), and is labeled as Greek word number 5140 in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Now, here is where the wording gets a little confusing.. "Gimel" is found in Psalm 119:17, and it is the Hebrew word for 'three'. "Zayin" is found in Psalm 119:49, and it is the Hebrew word for 'seven'. If your Bible has the actual Hebrew symbol for Gimel and Zayin above these passages (they both look somewhat like an upside down "L"), then you can see where the commentary thinks that these two Hebrew symbols could have been easily mistaken for each other by a scribe and the Hebrew symbol for "Zayin" was written in 2 Sam. 24:13 instead of the correct "Gimel" which is found in 1 Chr. 21:12. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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