[B-Greek] Nominatives and Genitives

Donald R. Vance, Ph.D. donaldrvance at mac.com
Tue Oct 17 16:46:55 EDT 2006


Aaargh. Mea culpa. I didn't look at the text in question. Carl is  
exactly correct. The Hebrew construction with bên "between" requires  
a second preposition, usually a second bên: bên X ûbên Y "between X  
and Y. Here in Dt. 17:8, the alternative prep. le "to" is used: bên  
dam ledam "between blood to blood" = "between blood and blood." The  
Greek cognate genitives are reflecting the Hebrew le which is also a  
marker of possession, i.e., a genitive relation.

On Oct 17, 2006, at 3:25 PM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:

> That may well be what Father James and you are talking about, but I  
> really doubt that it has much to do with the construction that was  
> under discussion here in the LXX of Deuteronomy 17:8. Here the  
> phrase must clearly be governed by ANA MESON as a representation in  
> Greek of Hebrew BayN.
>
>

--snip--

> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
> 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
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>



Donald R. Vance, Ph.D.
Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature
Oral Roberts University
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