[B-Greek] Isa. 6:10
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Aug 19 16:36:06 EDT 2003
At 12:00 PM -0700 8/19/03, Glendon M. Gross wrote:
>Isa 6:10 [LXX]
>
>EPAXUNQH GAR hH KARDIA TOU LAOU TOUTOU, KAI TOIS hWSIN
>AUTWN BAREWS HKOUSAN, KAI TOUS OFQALMOUS EKAMMUSAN. MHPOTE
>IDWSI TOIS OPQALMOIS, KAI TOIS WSIN AKOUSWSI, KAI TH KARDIA
>SUNWSI KAI EPISTREYWSI, KAI IASOMAI AUTOUS.
>
>
>What is the grammatical function of "MHPOTE" in the above verse?
It introduces a negative purpose close, the POTE adding a universalizing
force to the MH, "so that they may never see ... hear, ... understand and
repent ..."
or "so that they might not ever see ..."
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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