[B-Greek] Acts 3,6A

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Mar 20 18:16:43 EST 2004


I should perhaps have added that ESTI in ESTI MOI is also existential and a
few other verbs like GINETAI.

At 5:23 PM -0500 3/20/04, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>At 10:23 PM -0500 3/19/04, Polycarp66 at aol.com wrote:
>>In a message dated 3/19/2004 10:08:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>edmishoe at yahoo.com writes:
>>EIPEN DE PETROS ARGURION KAI CRUSION OUC hUPARCEI MOI, hO DE ECW TOUTO SOI
>>DIDWMI
>>
>>MOI is generally not translated. Cannot the dative of possession be
>>translated here?
>>
>>Peter said, "I have no money WITH ME (in my possession), but what I do have
>>(possess) this I give to you"
>>_________________
>>
>>This is not a dative of possession.  the verb hUPARXEI is a 3 m.s. and is an
>>existential verb which therefore simply means "it exists" or in this case
>>with
>>OUX "it does not exist" MOI is thus a dative of respect "it does not exist
>>WITH REFERENCE TO ME" or simply "I don't have."
>
>I would argue the opposite; hUPARCEI is indeed equivalent to ESTI, and
>hUPARCEI MOI is not a whit different in sense from ESTI MOI + nom. subject.
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