[B-Greek] Heb 3,11

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Apr 28 21:59:58 EDT 2004


At 6:00 PM -0700 4/28/04, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
>HWS WMOSA EN THi ORGHi MOU, EI EISELEUSONTAI EIS THN
>KATAPAUSIN MOU.
>
>What is the grammatical function of EI here and is it
>a common expression? Somehow it seems to negate the
>verb ("if they shall enter in" becomes "they shall NOT
>enter in").

This is said to be a Hebrew idiom, but I think it's intelligible as the
protasis of a condition whose apodosis isn't expressed, e.g. "Well, if such
a thing EVER should happen ..." (horses will lay eggs, etc., etc.).
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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