[B-Greek] Mark 9:33ff In the Way

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekoning at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 8 11:08:47 EDT 2005


Mk 9:33 KAI HLQON EIS KAFARNAOUM. KAI EN THi OIKIAi GENOMENOS EPHRWTA
AUTOUS: TI EN THi hODWi DIELOGIZESQE;  34 hOI DE ESIWPWN: PROS ALLHLOUS GAR
DIELECQHSAN EN THi hODWi TIS MEIZWN.

On 6/8/05 6:25 AM, "R Yochanan Bitan Buth" <ybitan at mscc.huji.ac.il> wrote:

> The first EN TH ODW is a Topicalization (i.e., a contextualization,
> marking a setting a contextual point of reference).

Which, for the uninitiated, means EN THi hODWi ties what follows to the
disciples travel either before or as they HLQON EIS KAFARNAOUM. The second
EN THi hODWi falls after the main verb and for that reason cannot be a
Topicalization. You will not find this discussed in any standard Greek
Grammar. 



Elizabeth Kline 





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