[B-Greek] Imperatives side by side
A. Dirkzwager
dirkzwager at pandora.be
Tue Mar 1 17:20:25 EST 2005
Mitch,
I think we have to start with the fact that FEUGEIN is the opposite of
DIWKEIN.
Then we have a stilistic contrast. FEUGE and DIWKE are standing as
neighbours, whereas the object of FEUGE stands before the verb and the
objects of DIWKE after the verb.
By this procedure Paul has made a very strong antithesis.
I cannot imagine that Timothy has to deal with the EPIQUMIAS at first and
only when he is free from them can start with DIKAIOSUNH, PISTIS, AGAPH and
EIRHNH. He has to do both at the same time. And logically the persuit of
positive things makes the burden of dealing with negative things lighter.
Why didn't he use a participle?
Very difficult to answer. In Hebrew there is the tendency to express your
thoughts in a series of conjugates verbs. Subordinated clauses and
participles are not used like they are in Greek.
And then the question returns: did Paul write in impeccable Greek or was
there influence from his Semitic background?
However, in my opinion the sentence is stilistically very strong.
Arie
Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeseltr, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be
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Van: "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
Aan: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Verzonden: dinsdag 1 maart 2005 22:10
Onderwerp: [B-Greek] Imperatives side by side
> 2 Tim 2:22 starts
>
> TAS DE NEWTERIKAS EPIQUMIAS FEUGE, DIWKE DE
> DIKAIOSUNHN, PISTIN, AGAPHN, EIRHNHN..
>
> What inferences can be drawn from the placement of
> FEUGE and DIWKE here? Would these be considered two
> separate acts, each performed with separate
> determination? Or, could there be some implicit
> relationship between fleeing X and pursuing Y? (I
> realize a better way to express this would be for
> DIWKW to have been used in a participial form (flee by
> means of pursuing), but I thought I'd ask.)
>
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> Sugar Land, Texas
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