[B-Greek] Mark 2:19 DUNAMAI
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Thu Dec 22 07:28:19 EST 2005
On Wednesday, December 21, 2005, at 10:30PM, Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> wrote:
>KAI EIPEN AUTOIS hO IHSOUS, MH DUNANTAI hOI hUIOI TOU
>NUMFWNOS EN hWi hO NUMFIOS MET? AUTWN ESTIN NHSTEUEIN;
>hOSON CRONON EXOUSIN TON NUMFION MET? AUTWN OU
>DUNANTAI NHSTEUEIN.
>
>My default gloss is "able" for DUNAMAI but it seems
>awkward in English here. Doesn't seem like Jesus is
>saying the disciple are not "able" to fast, but
>something different. When others see DUNAMAI, what
>glosses come to your mind in contexts as these?
It's either "be able" or "can": " ... they cannot fast, can they, while they have the bridegroom with them? ..." or "... they aren't able, are they ...?"
Carl W. Conrad
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