[B-Greek] 1 Cor. 14:8 word order
Mike Sangrey
MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Sat May 28 18:55:46 EDT 2005
On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 18:45 -0400, George F Somsel wrote:
<snip>
> If you look at the entire structure of the sentence
>
> KAI GAR EAN AHLON SALPIGC FWNHN DWi
>
> KAI obviously joins to what preceeds and GAR, as a postpostitive, must
> follow. The condition is then introduced by EAN. This makes AHLON the
> first significant position in the sentence. It would therefore seem that
> the emphasis is thrown upon the nature (AHLON) of the FWNH which is
> given.
Sure, but then why isn't it
KAI GAR EAN AHLON FWNHN SALPIGC DWi
or
KAI GAR EAN AHLON FWNHN DWi SALPIGC
Why is the object split?
--
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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