[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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