[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?

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Mike Sangrey
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