[B-Greek] Mt. 5:3
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CWestf5155 at aol.com
Fri Apr 23 12:19:34 EDT 2004
Johan,
MAKARIOS hOI PTWCOI
I agree with Arie. MAKARIOS is an adjective in the predicate position and to
make it sound right in English, we insert the verb "is" when we translate
such constructions. Another well-known example is Mk. 9:50: KOLON TO hALAS (Good
the salt; salt is good).
You are right--this is a common pattern to pronounce blessing in the LXX:
Kings 10:88 MAKARIOI OI PAIDES SOU
2 Chron. 9:7
Ps. 2:12
Ps. 105:3; 118:1, 2; 127:1
MAKARIOS ANHR is more common
Ps. 1:1; 31:2; 33:9; 83:6
In a message dated 4/23/2004 9:34:22 AM Mountain Standard Time,
dirkzwager at pandora.be writes:
Johan,
In my opinion MAKARIOI is the complement and hOI PTWCOI subject - unless
there exists a rule I do not know.
Arie
Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be
----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
Aan: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Verzonden: vrijdag 23 april 2004 11:28
Onderwerp: [B-Greek] Mat 5:3
> Forwarded for: "Johan Ferreira" <jferreira at bcq.qld.edu.au>
> To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Mat 5:3
> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:44:33 +1000
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> I need some clarification on the syntactical structure of Mt 5:3.
>
> How would one describe the first line grammatically? "Blessed [are] the
poor
> in spirit". It seems the sentence does not follow the usual convention
that
> the complement drops the article (and stands before the verb, e.g.
Colwell).
> Instead, the complement here comes with the article. Is this a special
form
> associated with blessings? Or is there another grammatical convention?
>
> I will really appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Johan Ferreira
>
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