[B-Greek] Mt 1:18 hEUREQH EN GASTRI ECOUSA

Mike Sangrey MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Wed Feb 1 19:44:42 EST 2006


On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 15:13 -0500, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
> My contention is that hEUREQH in Mt 1:18 is not  
> passive but is middle; it is somewhat like EGENETO, but EGENETO seems  
> more neutral in indication of event; hEUREQH has more the force of  
> becoming evident, much like EFANH (which is not passive but the  
> aorist middle of FAINOMAI), and like FAINOMAI, hEURISKOMAI in this  
> sense is a personal verb taking a nominative complement. Or so I think.

Hmmmmmm...so it's a lot like how in English we would say, "She started
to show."

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