Gal 4:15: POU OUN hO MAKARISMOS hUMWN;

Jonathan Robie (74144.2360@compuserve.com)
04 Oct 96 06:51:06 EDT

I'm writing this from Hamburg, Germany, where the Little Greek has to make do
without Big Books that are too hard to carry.

Galatians 4:15 is confusing me. I don't understand what MAKARISMOS means in this
context: POU OUN hO MAKARISMOS hUMWN; Without a real lexicon, I'm trying out
terms like "blessedness", "happiness", "good fortune", etc., and not coming up
with anything that makes sense.

I'm also having problems understanding what ZHLOW and EKKLEISAI mean in the
context of Galatians 4:17: ZHLOUSIN hUMAS OU KALWS, ALLA EKKLEISAI hUMAS
QELOUSIN, hINA AUTOUS ZHLOUTE.

Can anybody help me here?

Jonathan

P.S. Carl: das Griechlein ist noch hungrig, aber nicht mehr durstig. Ich habe
einige Biere in deine Ehre beseitigt. Leider hat das Bier meine
Griechischkenntnisse nicht verbessert. Allerdings bin ich weniger besorgt
darueber.