[B-Greek] Noun/Pronoun and Verb agreement
Mike Sangrey
MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Wed Oct 5 19:53:15 EDT 2005
On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 17:39 -0700, Patrick Guy wrote:
> I notice that in Matt 27:56, a plural feminine
> pronoun is used with the third person, singular,
> imperfect form of eimi. Would this be considered
> a grammatical error? If not, would this be
> considered an additional exception to be added to
> the plural neuter noun/pronoun - verb agreement
> rule?
>
EN hAIS HN MARIA hH MAGDALHNH KAI MARIA hH TOU IAKWBOU KAI IWSHF MHTHR
KAI hH MHTHR TWN hUIW=N ZEBEDAIOU.
The hOS refers back to GUNAIKES POLLAI in the previous verse and EN hAIS
should be translated as "among them". So EIMI "connects" (if you will)
to a group within the larger group where the larger group is referred
with the plural feminine relative. I wouldn't know how us to word it so
it works cleanly.
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Mike Sangrey (msangrey AT BlueFeltHat.org)
Exegetitor.blogspot.com
Landisburg, Pa.
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