Κόμη
hair, tail (of a comet)
Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝23 Aug 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
In Job the Lord [is so called]: "and will you lead the evening star itself toward its tail?" He is calling the superabundance and majesty of shining the tail of a comet.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κόμη· ἐν Ἰὼβ ὁ κύριος· καὶ ἕσπερον τὸν ἀστέρα ἐπὶ κόμης αὐτοῦ ἄξεις αὐτόν. κόμην τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λάμψεως λέγει καὶ τὴν εὐπρέπειαν.
Betacode
*ko/mh: e)n *)iw\b o( ku/rios: kai\ e(/speron to\n a)ste/ra e)pi\ ko/mhs au)tou= a)/ceis au)to/n. ko/mhn th\n u(perbolh\n th=s la/myews le/gei kai\ th\n eu)pre/peian.
Notes
- Job 38.32 LXX, with commentary; cf. Olympiodorus, Commentaries on Job 343.7.
cf. generally kappa 1996.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 18 Oct 2019
- modified translation, expanded note, added keywords — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added x-ref and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added reference — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝