NUN plus Aorist

Jonathan Robie jonathan.robie at datadirect-technologies.com
Fri Nov 1 13:00:10 EST 2002


At 04:04 PM 10/28/2002 +0000, Mark Wilson wrote:

>Preliminary conclusion then: the NUN plus Aorist emphasizes the
>long anticipation and final occurrence of an event.
 >
>The Perfect would more so emphasize the current state of the
>anticipated event, but the  NUN plus Aorist emphasizes the
>long interval that builds up. Perhaps it attempts to bring
>added emphasis on the long wait/anticipation.

I've been pondering this interpretation, and it really fits some passages 
quite well. For instance, consider the following:

Ex 32:9 KAI NUN EASON ME KAI QUMWQEIS ORGHi EIS AUTOUS

With your interpretation, God has been wanting to destroy them Israelites 
for a good long time, and now it's time to do it. It fits the context well.

Or:

Ex 18:11 NUN EGNWN hOTI MEGAS KURIOS PARA PANTAS TOUS QEOUS

The light bulb just went off - after all this time, now Jethro gets it. God 
is greater than all the Gods.

Let me keep thinking on this!

Jonathan




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