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

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Tue Sep 20 16:22:35 EDT 2005


I really ought to leave this alone, as Al will have his own answer,  
probably much clearer than mine, but nevertheless ...

The Hebrew does indeed have the L with the verb "it burned"; L'KAIN  
something like "it burned to/for/at/on Cain" -- as i suggested the  
other day, "it rubbed Cain the wrong way." My sense is that even in  
the Hebrew, as clearly in the Greek ELUPHSE TON KAIN, the subject of  
the verb and complement YICHAR L'QAIN must be the fact previously  
enunciated, the fact that Cain's sacrifice won no regard.

On Sep 20, 2005, at 2:44 PM, Mitch Larramore wrote:

> 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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Carl W. Conrad
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