[B-Greek] John 4:7 DOS MOI PEIN

David McCoy davidmcy at io.com
Sat Aug 11 11:45:33 EDT 2007


Kevin:

Carl Conrad wrote:
I would understand this as an ellipsis DOS is imperative, there's an
implicit object TI ('something') and PEIN  is an epexegetic or
explanatory infinitive: "Give me something to drink" = "Give me
something for drinking." I would not, in any case, ever try to
explain MOI as subject of PEIN.

You contributed:
PEIN is a complementary infinitive to the the verb DIDWMI
MOI is the direct object of the verb DIDWMI

Now, I ask:
Isn't MOI the indirect (not direct) object of the verb DIDWMI (and the 
implicit object TI ('something') the direct object)?

Sincerely,
David McCoy

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On Wed, 25 Jul 2007, Kevin W. Woodruff wrote:

> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:47:25 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Kevin W. Woodruff <cierpke at prodigy.net>
> To: Delbert Flora <delbert.flora at hotmail.com>,
>     Biblical Greek List <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] John 4:7 DOS MOI PEIN
> 
> Delbert:
>
> PEIN is a complementary infinitive to the the verb DIDWMI
>
> MOI is the direct object of the verb DIDWMI
>
> Kevin
>
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Delbert Flora <delbert.flora at hotmail.com>
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 9:33:39 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] John 4:7 DOS MOI PEIN
>
>
> Gospel of John 4:7...LEGEI AUTHi hO IHSOUS, DOS MOI PEIN.
>
> I’m trying to understand Infinitives, and would like for anyone to explain
> to me the syntax of DOS MOI PEIN. I understand that MOI is an unusual
> instance of a Dative used as ‘subject’ of an Infinitive. In what sense is
> MOI acting as the subject of PEIN?
>
> Kindly,
> Delbert Flora
>
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