1 Cor 14:10

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Wed Oct 11 23:07:39 EDT 2000



Dmitriy

You wrote:

1Cor 14:10:
TOSAUTA EI TUCOI GENH FWNWN EISIN EN KOSMW, KAI OUDEN AFWNWN.

My question is: wouldn't it be more logical to translate the last part of
the phrase as "so many kinds of sounds, and there is nothing without
sound"? It seems to me that FWNOS used twice in the same verse should
mean the same. What do you think?
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What caught my attention here is the 4th class condition. I don't know if it 
is rare or not, but it sure looked awkward to me when I saw your 
transliteration of TUCOI. And sure enough, it was an Optative.

I think AFWNWN has the idea of "senseless." Hence, IMO, Paul is saying 
something like: if we could listen to the voices that exist in this world 
(all if possible), not even one would be senseless. (By implication, so why 
are you trying to manufacture or emulate this "senseless" noise.)

So I would think that we ought NOT to translate both as VOICE or SOUND with 
the corresponding negation.

Notice that I have tried to state this conditional in such a way as to 
highlight a "practically impossible" implication. My question is: what does 
this 4th class imply? Is Paul saying something along the lines that it would 
be a physical impossibility (i.e., "practically impossible) for us to 
"actually" listen to "all" the voices/sounds in the world, but if we did 
(4th class impossible or highly improbable condition), we would not find one 
that was senseless.

Am I close?

Thank you,

Mark Wilson

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