[B-Greek] Matthew 21:5

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sat Oct 7 23:22:49 EDT 2006


On Oct 7, 2006, at 1:25 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:

>
> ZECH. 9:9 CAIRE SFODRA QUGATER SIWN KHRUSSE QUGATER IEROUSALHM IDOU  
> hO BASILEUS SOU ERCETAI SOI DIKAIOS KAI SWiZWN AUTOS PRAUS KAI  
> EPIBEBHKWS EPI hUPOZUGION KAI PWLON NEON
>
> MATT. 21:5 EIPATE THi QUGATRI SIWN: IDOU hO BASILEUS SOU ERCETAI  
> SOI PRAUS KAI EPIBEBHKWS EPI ONON KAI EPI PWLON hUION hUPOZUGIOU.
>
>
> . I don't see any problem with the gender markings. The colt is the  
> son of his mother, right?

My error, I was looking at the Hebrew while I was writing this.


On Oct 7, 2006, at 5:55 PM, Sara Edwards wrote:
> If ONON can be written in either masculine or feminine and this has
> nothing to do with the donkey's actual gender ...



ONON in Matt 21:5 is not marked for gender but assuming it is co- 
referential with AUTHS and THN ONON in verses two and seven then it  
must feminine.

MATT. 21:2 LEGWN AUTOIS: POREUESQE EIS THN KWMHN THN KATENANTI hUMWN,  
KAI EUQEWS hEURHSETE ONON DEDEMENHN KAI PWLON MET' AUTHS: LUSANTES  
AGAGETE MOI.

7 HGAGON THN ONON KAI TON PWLON KAI EPEQHKAN EP' AUTWN TA hIMATIA,  
KAI EPEKAQISEN EPANW AUTWN.

Elizabeth Kline







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