Syntax Mark 8:4

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue May 18 08:38:08 EDT 1999


At 8:26 AM -0400 5/18/99, Moon-Ryul Jung wrote:
>On 05/17/99, ""George Blaisdell" <maqhth at hotmail.com>" wrote:
>> >From: "Jay Adkins"
>>
>> >Please help this little Greek understand the syntax of Mark 8:4,
>> >particularly the terms hOTI, TOUTOUS, & ARTWN.
>>
>> >It reads,
>>
>> KAI APEKRIQHSAN AUTW hOI MAQHTAI AUTOU
>> hOTI POQEN TOUTOUS DUNHSETAI
>> TIS
>> WDE CORTASAI APTWN EP'ERHMIAS;
>>
>> Jay ~
>>
>> I construe hOTI with APEKRIQHSAN ~ [they] replied that...

Yes, in this instance functioning to introduce a DIRECT quotation rather
than an indirect one.

>> TOUTOUS as the object of CORTASAI ~ To satisfy these...
>>
>> ARTWN modifying CORTASAI ~ To satisfy breadwise... [of breads]
>
>Isn't ARTWN the "object" of the verb CORTASA in the genitive case?
>
>Or isn't ARTWN the ablative case so that CORTASAI ARTWN means
>"feed (people) from breads"?

I'd call it a partitive genitive: "feed them with loaves"-- but the usage
of genitive with verbs may go back to the time of merger of ablative,
partitive, and pertinentive.


Carl W. Conrad
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