Subject: Re: [lojban] Job 38:2

From: "Adam Raizen" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 14:09:35 -0000

la pier. cusku di'e

> Hebrew: mi zeh machshikh `etsah bmilin bli-da`at?
> Douay: Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words?
> NIV: Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without
knowledge?
> Lojban: ma vi te mangu'i le <`etsah> lei juncau valsi?
>
> What does `etsah mean and how should it be translated? It looks like
the
> feminine of the word for "tree", but that makes no sense here.

Etsah means "advice". (Root yud ayin tsadik, and related to
"le'ya'ets", to advise.) It's not actually talking about light, so
anything with "manku" and "gusni" is probably malxebro. I would
translate it something like "ma mipri le se stidi sepi'o lo tolprije
selsku".

mu'o mi'e .adam.