[B-Greek] simple dative

Rick Duggin rduggin at comcast.net
Mon Apr 14 20:35:26 EDT 2003


Thanks Mark for your reply.
I just checked the Hebrew and your guess is right on target.    
Now why didn't I think of this before asking the question?

Rick Duggin
 
Mark Lama wrote:

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> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:44 , Rick Duggin <rduggin at comcast.net> sent:
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> >The LXX of 1 Sm.18:7 reads...
> >EPATAXEN SAOUL EN CILIASIN AUTOU
> >KAI DAVID EN MURIASIN AUTOU (cf. 21:12; 29:5)
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> >The EN's with the dative in these passages appear to me to
> >fit into what BDAG, Zerwick, et al. describe as the simple dative
> >(e.g., Zerwick, Biblical Greek, 120). [Sources commonly use
> >1 Co.14:11 and Ro.1:19, etc. to illustrate this use of EN.]
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> >Question: Do you think EN in 1 Sm.18:7 could be the "simple
> >dative"?
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> >Thanks a lot.
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> >Rick Duggin
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> I don't have my Hebrew OT with me at the moment to check this out, but 
> my guess is that the use of EN here is simply an over-literal 
> translation on the part of the LXX of the Hebrew preposition B' , 
> "in", which would be appropriate after the Hebrew verb but not after 
> the Greek one. One would normally expect the simple accusative after 
> PATASSW.
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> CARIS KAI EIRHNH,
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> Mark
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