[B-Greek] 1 Cor. 14:8 word order
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Sat May 28 19:32:32 EDT 2005
On Sat, 28 May 2005 18:55:46 -0400 Mike Sangrey
<MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org> writes:
> 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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It would seem that the acc. AHLON functions in an adverbial fashion. "If
the trumpet plays a note uncertainly . . ." or "If uncertainly a trumpet
plays a note . . ."
george
gfsomsel
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