[B-Greek] Third-person commands

Dr. Don Wilkins drdwilkins at sbcglobal.net
Sat Nov 12 00:31:34 EST 2005


Ezra 1:3 is interesting, because OIKODOMHSATW is the easier  
construction. There are three 3p jussives in the Hebrew, "Let/may his  
God be with him," "let him go up," and "let him rebuild". The LXX has  
fut. ind 3p for the first two. I'm not sure what thinking the first  
one reflects on the part of the translator; but the second one only  
makes sense if it is a jussive future, I think. Otherwise the king is  
predicting instead of proclaiming an edict. So if that's a command,  
it is reasonable to have the 3p imperative for "rebuild" as a  
command. Besides, this would be a routine formal equivalent for the  
Hebrew jussive. Now one could make the same suggestion here that I  
did for 1 Cor. 5:17, i.e. that there may be an unspoken implication  
that no one is to hinder the emigration and rebuilding project, since  
the king clearly favors it all. But I would still maintain that this  
is not a element of the grammar of the 3p imperative.

Don Wilkins

On Nov 11, 2005, at 6:49 PM, kgraham0938 at comcast.net wrote:
...

>
> In regards to Matt 9:27, sorry I misread that one, I was looking  
> for examples of imperatives that were not commands, but forgot to  
> look waht person it was.  Another one that seems to be interesting  
> is Ezra 1:3 OIKODMHSATW (Let him go up and rebuild..) is an aorist  
> imperative 3rd person, and I don't think this one is a command.
>
> ANABAINW is not a jussive but is used for veya'al = "let him go up  
> "which is one.
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