Προανεκρούετο

was playing a prelude

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Aug 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 23 words
"Moses who saw God was playing a prelude for Israel as a reward [?]."1 Meaning was beginning the song, was singing the introduction.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Προανεκρούετο· ἄποινον ὁ θεόπτης Μωϋσῆς τῷ Ἰσραὴλ προανεκρούετο. ἀντὶ τοῦ προκατήρχετο τῆς ᾠδῆς, προανεβάλλετο.

Betacode
*proanekrou/eto: a)/poinon o( qeo/pths *mwu+sh=s tw=| *)israh\l proanekrou/eto. a)nti\ tou= prokath/rxeto th=s w)|dh=s, proaneba/lleto.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword -- third person singular, imperfect, of proanakrou/omai -- is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
    For a related verb see alpha 1920.
  2. 1Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Symeon Metaphrastes.) The meaning of a)/poinon is unclear. ↩

Neighbouring entries

π2317Προανάσχοιmight hold up beforeπ2318ΠροανατάξωμαιI would preferπ2319Προανεκρούετοwas playing a preludeπ2320ΠροαποθνήσκωI die before, I die in defence ofπ2321ΠροασπίζομαιI protect, I shield
Revision history4 revisions · last 3 Nov 2021
  1. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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