[B-Greek] SOI in Mark 2:18

A. Philip Brown II pbrown at GBS.EDU
Tue Feb 10 01:19:02 EST 2004


Carl Conrad wrote:

one generally limits the dative of possession to instances with EINAI or
GINESQAI.

Having just scanned through most of the instances of SOI in the LXX followed
by a nominative noun:
I can find plenty of examples where the dative singular of SU (SOI) is a
translation of the genitive by circumlocution (LeKa) and is clearly
functioning possessively (not referentially).
However, I didn't spot any examples where either EINAI or GINESQAI were not
present or implied.
I  concede.  It does indeed appear that the dative singular 2nd p. personal
pronoun is not used adjectivally in a noun phrase constituting the subject
of a clause.

Thanks, Carl.

Philip Brown
Cincinnati, OH




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