[B-Greek] "the heart" in John 16:6
Ben Crick
ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Wed May 11 04:32:58 EDT 2005
On Wed 11 May 2005 (11:21:16 +1000), r.firth at ridley.unimelb.edu.au wrote:
> ALL hOTI TAUTA LELALHKA hUMIN hH LUPH PEPLHRWKEN hUMWN THN KARDIAN
>
> To what does hUMWN THN KARDIAN refer exactly? Are we supposed to
> understand some sort of collective heart? Or is it possible/better to
> interpret it as "each of your hearts"?
Dear Bob,
THN KARDIAN is singular, because although hUMWN means "you all" (plural),
each person only has one heart. "One person, one heart" is the rule.
This principle holds in various languages, including French "la tristesse
a rempli *votre coeur*"; and German "ist *euer Herz* voll Trauerns worden".
ERRWSQE
Ben
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