[B-Greek] Periphrastic imperatives
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at ioa.com
Thu Nov 17 04:26:02 EST 2005
Actually, that is Mt 9:30 (hORATE MHDEIS GINWSKETW); it is
interesting, as an alternative of the more standard second-person
imperative of hORAW with a subjunctive, "see to it that ... X"
On Nov 17, 2005, at 12:10 AM, Yancy Smith wrote:
>
> Has anyone actually gone through all the NT examples and counted how
> many of the 3r person imperatives are actually/rhetorically directed
> at 2nd persons? Note my posting on Third Person Imperatives, where I
> show that most of the 3rd person singular imperatives are really
> directed to 2nd persons. My favorite example is Mt 6:3 hORATE MHDES
> GINWSKETW. (see [to it], [let] no one know!). If most examples of the
> 3rd person imperative are rhetorically directed to the 2nd person,
> perhaps it should become the rule when we discuss the 3rd person
> imperative. Just a thought.
>
> Yancy
>
> Yancy Smith
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