[B-Greek] John 13:24 EIH
Jerker Karlsson
jerker.karlsson at kdu.se
Wed Apr 9 03:38:27 EDT 2003
<bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca> writes:
> John 13:24 NEUEI OUN TOUTWi SIMWN PETROS PUQESQAI TIS AN EIH PERI hOU
>LEGEI. Can someone translate this for me? The part that I am having
>trouble with is EIH. I found this to be 3rd. sg present active optative
>of EIMI. I just don`t know how to make sense of this in this passage.
>Thank you.
>Bert de Haan
Verbatim: Nods thus at him Simon Peter to inquire who "it might be (AN
EIH)" about whom he speaks.
And in English proper: Simon Peter thus nods to him to make an inquiry
about whom Jesus might be talking.
>NEUEI
Verb "to nod"
>OUN
particle with vague meaning. Denoting some sort of logical progression
> TOUTWi
Dative Object of direction "Nod at someone NEUW TINI"
>SIMWN PETROS
Subject, ie Simon is the one noding at TOUTWI
> PUQESQAI
Infinitive of reason or motive often preceded by TOU. (Nod at someone to
make him do someting) Here begins a final clause.
>TIS
Interrogative particle "who, whom"
> AN EIH
"Potential optative" render by trying to add English modifiers such as
"may, might, can" to the verb. AN is untranslatable and mostly functions
as a signal that what is said isn't a plane description but something more
abstract.
>PERI hOU
Prepositional phrase with rel. pron. OS in gen. refering to the person
about whom Jesus
>LEGEI.
/Jerker Karlsson
Lund, Sweden
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