[B-Greek] Matthew 14:6 dative noun and participle.
Cirk Bejnar
eluchil404 at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 6 20:05:42 EST 2006
--- Bert de Haan <b_dehaan at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Matthew 14:6 GENESIOIS DE GENOMENOIS TOU hHRWDOU
> WRCHSATO hH QUGATHR THS
> hHRWDIADOS EN TWi MESWi...
> Judging from a recent discussion I may assume that
> GENESIOIS GENOMENOIS is
> not a dative absolute. I found some information
> about this verse in the
> archives but I would like some more clarification.
> If GENESIOIS is dative of time -at the
> birthay(party)-, is GENOMENOIS
> considered an adjective to GENESIOIS, so that we
> could understand it to be
> -at the occuring birthday(party)-?
> Bert de Haan.
Couldn't it be a more conventional dative: "She danced
for (the occasion of) his birthday"? You are right
thought that the datives could be changed to a
genetive absolute construction without hurting the
grammar.
Cirk R. Bejnar
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