β 227Βεζέκ Bezek
Translated by Craig Gibson · 15 Oct 2002 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions
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Translation [Meaning] lightning.
Ezekiel [writes]: "they were bending back and forth like a type of Bezek"
1 . Which is [to say, a type] of lightning.
Greek original Βεζέκ· ἀστραπή. Ἱεζεκιήλ· ἀνέκαμπτον δὲ ὡς εἶδος τοῦ Βεζέκ. ὅ ἐστι τῆς ἀστραπῆς.
Betacode *beze/k: a)straph/. *(iezekih/l: a)ne/kampton de\ w(s ei)=dos tou= *beze/k. o(/ e)sti th=s a)straph=s. Copy Greek Notes (1) More briefly -- i.e. without the quotation itself -- already in
Hesychius (beta455).
1 Ezekiel LXX (not in all manuscripts). Theodoret's commentary on the passage attributes this exegesis of the word to Symmachus . It also occurs in Judges 1:4-5 LXX but as a toponym.↩ Neighbours in Adler order Revisions (6) 20 Sep 2015 David Whitehead coding and other cosmetics 16 Jun 2012 Catharine Roth coding 28 May 2012 David Whitehead augmented notes and keywords 16 Oct 2002 Catharine Roth augmented note 15 Oct 2002 Craig Gibson translated Cite Suda On Line, s.v. Βεζέκ (Adler number beta 227), trans. Craig Gibson, 15 Oct 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/227
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