Please forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is the difference between the Lemma and the Manuscript?
Thanks ahead of time for any and all assistance.
Have a blessed day.
Please forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is the difference between the Lemma and the Manuscript? Thanks ahead of time for any and all assistance. Have a blessed day.
Greek is an inflected language, which means the form of the word changes slightly depending on it's grammatical function. The basic, or dictionary (or lexicon) form of the word is called the "Lemma" form.
The Manuscript form of the word, as the form seen in the written manuscript.
The Lemma is the form of the word you need to look up the manuscript form in a dictionary.
Thanks for the reply.
I should have mentioned this (but it didn't occur to me at the time) - I was specifically wondering about this in relation to Hebrew (since I am currently studying the OT).
I have noticed (in the OT) that the Lemma does not seem to contain vowels, whereas the MSS does contain the vowels.
I have also noticed that many times the words are the same (if you don't include the vowels), but sometimes the words are seem very different. For example, in Ex 4:31 the word translated to "worshiped", is חוה in the Lemma, but it is יִּשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ׃ in the MSS.
Thanks for the reply. I should have mentioned this (but it didn't occur to me at the time) - I was specifically wondering about this in relation to Hebrew (since I am currently studying the OT). I have noticed (in the OT) that the Lemma does not seem to contain vowels, whereas the MSS does contain the vowels. I have also noticed that many times the words are the same (if you don't include the vowels), but sometimes the words are seem very different. For example, in Ex 4:31 the word translated to "worshiped", is חוה in the Lemma, but it is יִּשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ׃ in the MSS.
Hebrew is quite different than many languages, sometimes and in some ways.
The Hebrew manuscripts were not originally written with the vowel pointings. These were added later to aid in teaching and reading the text. Often the lemma forms do not contain these vowel pointings.
As to the verb you mention here, the verb conjugation, the verb person/number, along with the prefix attached to the verb give the result you are looking at. As I said, Hebrew can be different. You could take a course that would explain how those verb conjugations work, but I wouldn't attempt to explain it in any more detail here.
