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Headword: Σαβέκ
Adler number: sigma,8
Translated headword: sabek
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Release. From the Syriac [sc. tongue].[1]
Greek Original:
Σαβέκ: ἄφεσις. ἀπὸ τῆς Σύρας.
Notes:
The headword occurs in Genesis 22:13 LXX, the ram (eventually sacrificed by Abraham in place of his son Issac) caught by its horns in a shrub: κατεχόμενος ἐν φυτῳ̂ σαβεκ τῶν κεράτων . Ancient and modern commentators alike have struggled to understand the word, with some taking it be to the name of the shrub; alternatively, it is construed as some sort of adverbial expansion of katexo/menos; and for 'release' cf. (e.g.) Photius and the Lexica Segueriana.
[1] One manuscript actually adds γλώττης .
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion
Translated by: Alex Gottesman on 16 November 2002@20:26:14.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 17 November 2002@05:02:08.
David Whitehead (expanded primary note) on 3 May 2011@08:01:28.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr; expanded note) on 19 June 2011@07:13:34.

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