[B-Greek] Acts 2:7
Carl W.Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Feb 28 05:33:25 EST 2006
On Feb 27, 2006, at 10:58 PM, Richard Lindeman wrote:
> Acts 2:7 OUX IDOU hAPANTES hOUTOI EISIN hOI LALOUNTES GALILAIOI;
>
> "Not (are) behold all of these who are speaking Galileans?"
>
> My natural inclination is to translate the above "Are not all of
> these who
> are speaking Galileans?"
And your natural inclination is quite right.
> Does the placement of OUX before IDOU mean that IDOU is also part
> of what is
> being negated?
>
> What are the rules for OUX (and other similar particles?) that
> determine its
> placement within a clause or sentence?
>
> Does its placement within a sentence indicate in any way the
> portion of the
> sentence that is actually being negated?
The apparent difficulty here has to do with the placement of IDOU
between OUC and the main clause. BDAG's entry for IDOU has under
1.b.delta: " in the middle of a statement, and at the same time
enlivening it Mt 23:34; Ac 2:7; 13:11; 20:22, 25."
The force of the sequence is perhaps something like, "But isn't it
so? -- hey! -- everyone who's talking is a Galilean!"
I'm also a bit surprised by the form OUC before a word beginning with
a smooth breathing.BDF §14 has a note on this which may perhaps point
in the right direction.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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