[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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