[B-Greek] ENQUMHMA in Ezek. 23:37

Ken Penner pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
Mon Nov 24 15:43:15 EST 2003


Hi Jeff,

Listen to Al rather than to me about neuter plural subjects; he's got the
expertise that I am still trying to acquire. 
I knew neuter plurals would not "necessarily" take singular verbs, but I
wasn't sure if they "would likely" do so, so instead I made the safer
statement that they "should" do so (i.e., according to Attic rules). 
Again, when in doubt, listen to the real experts like Al! ;-)
Ken

> > Yes, TA ENQUMHMATA is accusative (if it were
> > nominative, the verb should be singular)
> 
> I agree that ENQUMHMATA is accusative here, but I wouldn't 
> have supposed the
> verb would ~necessarily~ have been singular if ENQUMHMATA 
> were nominative.
> In general, in Hellenistic, neuter plurals may take a 
> singular verb, but do
> not necessarily do so. Your comment made me wonder if in the 
> LXX there is a
> tendency to follow the stricter Attic usage (singular verb with neuter
> plural), but I see Robertson (p. 404) says the LXX shows the 
> same liberty we see in the N.T.




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