[B-Greek] Gen 4:5 ELUPHSE TON KAIN LIAN

Mitch Larramore mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 20 14:44:39 EDT 2005


Dr. Pietersma:

Could you explain this a little further, please. 

> >> ...KAI ELUPHSE TON KAIN LIAN (...and Cain fretted
> >> exceedingly)
> >>
> >> Any reason for the accusative TON?

...(2) the Hebrew has
> the preposition L, 
> hence a discrete morpheme.  Such items (including
> the so-called nota 
> accusativi) are often represented by the Greek
> article.

Are you saying that KAIN is the object of a
preposition L? If so, can you give me a "literal"
translation of the Hebrew so I can see it. By
"discrete morpheme," do you mean a "finite verb"?

Mitch Larramore
Sugar Land, Texas

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