Luke 19:11 and grammatical marking
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Thu Apr 18 17:03:34 EDT 2002
In a message dated 4/18/2002 4:11:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Clwinbery at aol.com writes:
>> IEROUSALHM AUTON KAI DOKEIN AUTOUS hOTI PARAXRHMA MELLEI >> hH
BASILEIA TOU QEOU ANAFAINESQAI
>> What I'm really after is in the phrase:
>> DIA TO EGGUS EINAI IEROUSALHM AUTON
>> IEROUSALHM is indeclinable. But, if you were creating a database which
>> required you to grammatically label it, with what case would you label
>> it?
> Mike, Accordance locates IEROUSALHM in this instance as genitive. According
> to BAGD it is common to use EGGUS with the genitive for local functions.
> BAGD also gives the dative as an option when EGGUS is local.
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Logos likewise indicates that IEROUSALHM is genitive. Since the form
hIEROSOLUMA or IEROUSALHM is apparently not used in any case distinction, it
is interesting that Logos/Accordance and BGAD state so confidently that it is
genitive. There are a number of instances listed in both the LXX and the NT
with dat. following. I'm wondering why the confidence that IEROUSALHM is
gen. Any ideas?
gfsomsel
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