[B-Greek] hWSANNA

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Sat Feb 18 23:31:49 EST 2006


Dear Bert,
When an item which in ORIGIN is a verbal phrase becomes a (fossilized) 
technical  term it automatically  becomes a NOMINAL (noun), expresses 
of something one wishes upon another.  As a nominal it then functions 
in the same way as: HAIL to the chief!  In other words, a sentence 
fragment of the sentence type: X wishes  Y to Z.
Al
On Feb 18, 2006, at 9:23 PM, Bert de Haan wrote:

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>> From: Jim West <jwest at highland.net>
>> To: Bert de Haan <b_dehaan at sympatico.ca>, b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] hWSANNA
>> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:45:36 -0500
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>> Bert de Haan wrote:
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>>> If hWSANNA is not used as an imperative is the meaning of hWSANNA TWi
>>> hUIWi DAUID then something like -salvation to the Son of David?
>>> Bert de Haan.
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>> No- it only means "save us!  now!"
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>> Jim
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>> --
>> Jim West
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> At the cost of showing off my ignorance, one more quesion;  How does 
> the
> dative fit in?
> Bert de Haan.
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