examples of unusual word order in hina and hoticlauses

Dan & Rachel King dan_rach at ntlworld.com
Thu Aug 29 10:32:08 EDT 2002


There are other examples, e.g. Eph 3:17-18 where the subject of EXISCUSHTE
comes before the hINA, and 2 Cor 2:4 THN AGAPHN hINA GNWTE. Fronting for
emphasis? - since in both these instances the idea coming before the hINA is
more central to the passage than the main verb within the hINA clause.

Dan King



> I think this is a good question and that it's worth checking for other
> instances; I wouldn't be surprised if Iver has already considered this
> question, but I'll look into it myself. My first impression, however, is
> that this is a matter of very emphatic placement in a passage that as a
> whole is syntactically "irregular" (I'm inclined to think that the whole
of
> the first two chapters of Galatians is hurried, colloquial, and
> syntactically "irregular" in the sense that it's not the sort of writing
> done by a calm, careful, collected composer--that's a subjective judgment,
> I realize, but it's one that I've expressed about these two chapters of
> Galatians repeatedly).
>
> The text of Gal 2:10:
>
> MONON TWN PTWCWN hINA MNHMONEUWMEN, hO KAI ESPOUDASA AUTO TOUTO POIHSAI.
>
> I think that if one Englished this as follows, it's "irregular" English
but
> perfectly intelligible:
>
> "Just the 'poor'--that we should bear (them) in mind, which I've even made
> (it) a point--to do this very thing."
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