[B-Greek] Luke 3:9 hHDE ** DE KAI ** hH AXINH PROS THN hRIZAN TWN DENDRWN KEITAI

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Jun 8 11:29:11 EDT 2007


On Jun 8, 2007, at 8:19 AM, Jonathan Robie wrote:

> Luke 3:9 hHDE **DE KAI**
> hH AXINH PROS THN hRIZAN TWN DENDRWN KEITAI
>
> Luke 3:9 ἤδη **δὲ καὶ**
> ἡ ἀξίνη πρὸς τὴν ῥίζαν τῶν  
> δένδρων κεῖται
>
> Grosvenor tells me that DE KAI lends emphasis, and that this is  
> typical
> of Luke. Should I treat hHDE DE KAI as a unit, as shown in my  
> indenting
> above? In other words, does DE KAI simply lend emphasis, in an
> untranslatable way, to "already", or what kind of emphasis does it  
> give?

For one thing, I think you're confusing H)/DH (ἤδη) "already" with
hHDE (ἥδε) the feminine demonstrative form of hODE (ὅδε).

It is a common collocation in Luke, but I think I'd understand the DE
with HDH and the KAI with what follows:

HDH DE ("and already) KAI hH AXINH ("even the axe ... "

Carl W. Conrad
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