[B-Greek] hOU EAN in 1 Cor 16.6

Steven Lo Vullo slovullo at mac.com
Wed Sep 29 20:31:25 EDT 2004


On Sep 29, 2004, at 6:09 PM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:

> I think that Arie is probably using "conjunctive" as the Dutch/German 
> term
> for "subjunctive." I don't know whether this will answer your question 
> any
> better, Steven, but I'd say that in
>
> 	hINA hUMEIS ME PROPEMYHTE hOU EAN POREUWMAI
>
> hOU EAN POREUWMAI is subordinate to the hINA clause as a protasis of a
> conditional construction, " ... so that, wherever I may go, you may 
> escort
> me."

Thanks, Carl. Yes, that does answer the question. It is what I thought, 
but hadn't seen hOU EAN used like this before.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI




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