[B-Greek] 1 Tim 5:20

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Sun Jun 26 14:39:43 EDT 2005


On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:19:57 -0400 Mike Sangrey
<MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org> writes:
> On Sat, 2005-06-25 at 18:20 -0400, George F Somsel wrote:
> <snip>
> > 
> > There is, however, another consideration which is raised by Smyth, 
> if I
> > understand him correctly.  In § 1643 he states, "The 
> preposition-adverb
> > may do duty for the verb in parallel clauses."  It could thus be 
> that
> > BOTH a public sin AND a public rebuke are envisioned.  By being 
> placed
> > between the two verbs, it would thus lend itself to such an
> > understanding.
> 
> Since you wondered whether you've understood Smyth correctly, let me
> suggest you haven't.  I'm pretty sure (though perhaps *I*
> misunderstand!) the point is that a preposition-adverb can stand IN 
> THE
> PLACE OF a repetition of the verb.  The example he gives is ANDRES
> ANESTAN, AN MEN AP' ATREIDHS ... where the AN sort of "picks up" the
> sense of "rose up" in the verb ANESTAN.  I think this works simply
> because the verb is a compound of the preposition that is used in 
> the
> parallel clauses.
> 
> -- 
> Mike Sangrey
> msangrey AT BlueFeltHat.org
> Landisburg, Pa.
>                         "The first one last wins."
>             "A net of highly cohesive details reveals the truth."
> 
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You could be correct though there is a consideration which makes me
wonder.  AN is not a preposition but a modal particle.  THAT is what
makes his example unclear.

george
gfsomsel
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