[B-Greek] 1 Cor. 14:8 - word order

A. J. Birch AJBIRCH at terra.es
Sun May 29 07:31:40 EDT 2005


Dear 'B-Greekers',

1 Cor. 14:8a: "KAI GAR EAN ADHLON SALPIGX FWNHN DWi..."

The point about the emphasis falling on the word "ADHLON" seems clear enough, and Iver Larsen's contribution goes some way to answering Mike Sangrey's (last) question, but I still have two questions:

(1) Are there other examples in the Greek New Testament of this kind of word-order (I don't mean the position of "ADHLON", but the order of the four words "ADHLON SALPIGX FWNHN DWi")?

(2) Might it be possible that the Apostle Paul intended a kind of 'play on words' here - a somewhat unexpected word-order to convey the idea of an unclear trumpet-sound? In other words, might there be a message in the structure here?

Andrew J. Birch
Palma de Mallorca, Spain


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