[B-Greek] ENI Col 3:11

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Sat Sep 3 12:39:53 EDT 2005


On Sep 3, 2005, at 11:58 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:

> Col 3:11 contains
>
> hOPOU OUK ENI hELLHN KAI IOUDAIOS...
>
> One source calls ENI a form of EN (the preposition??)
> and other calls it a finite verb from ENI.  Robertson
> says:
>
> There cannot be (OUK ENI). ENI is the long (original)
> form of EN and ESTIN is to be understood.
>
> Is there anyway to decide who is right?

ENI is a form of the preposition EN, but I've only seen it in Homer  
or poetry;on the other hand ENI for ENESTI is standard and common --  
and clearly right here. ATR may occasionally display questionable  
judgment (as do we all), but he's clearly right here and much more to  
be trusted than an "unidentified source." It would be interesting to  
know what this "unidentified source" thinks ENI as a preposition is  
doing here.


Carl W. Conrad
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