[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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