[B-Greek] grammatical structure of Luke 2.27
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Wed Oct 5 12:16:13 EDT 2005
I don't know if there is an actual 'name' for them, I know Wallace speaks about them in his book. If you have it I can give you pg numbers.
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Kelton Graham
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> >> Hello,
> >> I have a problem in understanding the grammatical structure of the
> >> following:
> >> KAI EN TW EISAGAGEIN TOUS GONEIS TO PAIDION IHSOUN TOU POIHSAI AUTOUS
> >> KATA...
> >>
> >> More precisely the two bolt typed pronouns have caused me to be confused.
> >> According to my understanding of this passage, the first pronoun should
> >> be in
> >> the Genitive case ("In the bringing in of s.b.") and the the second one
> >> even
> >> could be omitted or replaced by a subjunctive construction ("in order to
> >> do
> >> sth."). So why is there Akkusative and Genitive? An ACI-construction is
> >> quite
> >> unlikely because there is no verb to introduce it.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your Help!
> >> Walde
> >
> > Response: I think I get what you are asking, let me know if I don't
> > answer you. The first constuction is EN + TWi + infinitive gives a
> > contemporaneous idea of "when, while, as etc.) So in Luke KAI [EN TWi
> > EISAYAYEIN] TOUS GENEIS "when the parents brought the child..." The
> > subject of the infinitive is in the accusative so TOUS GENEIS is the
> > subject of the infinitive EISAGAGEIN.
> >
> > The second part is TOU + infinitive = purpose. Whenever you see this
> > construction it is a purpose clause. TOU POIHSAI AUTOUS" in order to do
> > for him..."
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> Hi,
> thanks for Your answer. The mailing list obviously does not support bolt
> typed letters. I did not realize this. Sorry.
> I think that you understood my problem. Is there a particular name for the
> grammatical constructions, you describe? I would like to read something
> about this in my grammar book.
>
> Walde
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