[B-Greek] Heb 7,24

Mitch Larramore mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Wed May 5 15:41:46 EDT 2004


Just so I understand this cut and paste from Wallace,
is the conclusion that this canNOT be an attributive
adjective because the position of Adj-Art-Noun is not
an attributive position? (I guess then it is a
predicate position. Right?)

Mitch Larramore

--- "Maurice A. O'Sullivan" <mauros at iol.ie> wrote:
> At 18:19 05/05/2004, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
> 
> >I take it that someone here understands an
> attributive
> >meaning to violate Greek grammar. How so?
> 
>  From Daniel B. Wallace. (1999; 2002). Greek Grammar
> Beyond the Basics
> 
>  >>>>>The adjective may be either attributive or
> predicate in relation to 
> the noun. That is, it may either modify the noun or
> assert something about 
> it. Except for the use of pronominal adjectives with
> nouns , when the 
> article is present, it is usually easy to discern
> the relationship.
> 
> 
>  >> The first attributive position is
> article-adjective-noun . In this 
> construction the adjective receives greater emphasis
> than the substantive. 
> This usage is quite common.
> 
>  >>The second attributive position is
> article-noun-article-adjective . This 
> difference in the placement of the adjective is not
> one of relation, but of 
> position and emphasis. In the second attributive
> position "both substantive 
> and adjective receive emphasis and the adjective is
> added as a sort of 
> climax in apposition with a separate article.
> 
>  >> The third attributive position is
> noun-article-adjective Here the 
> substantive is [often] indefinite and general, while
> the attribute 
> [adjective] makes a particular application.
> 
> 
> 
> Maurice A. O'Sullivan
> [Bray, Ireland]
> 
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