Θαλά
moat, trench
Translated by Anne Mahoney12 Dec 1999Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
"And he filled the moat with water."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θαλά· καὶ τὴν θαλὰ ἐπλήρωσεν ὕδατος.
Betacode
*qala/: kai\ th\n qala\ e)plh/rwsen u(/datos.
Notes
- 1 Kingdoms 18:35 LXX (Elijah builds an altar with a trench or moat round it).
The spelling isqaala there (three times: see also chs. 32 & 38). The noun appears with no accent, as being a foreign word.
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Revision history7 revisions · last 27 Apr 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- tweak — Catharine Roth
- deleted link — Catharine Roth
- expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Anne Mahoney