[B-Greek] Luke 4:26 EI MH EIS SAREPTA THS SIDWNIAS PROS GUNAIKA CHRAN
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Jun 21 07:49:09 EDT 2007
I'm inclined to think that PROS GUNAIKA CHRAN is -- as a phrase --
appositional to EIS SAREPTA THS SIDWNIAS -- rather than a
continuation of the same grammatical sequence -- it's like OT verse:
And to not one of them was Elijah sent
except to Sarepta of Sidonia -- to a woman who was a widow.
CWC
On Jun 21, 2007, at 7:30 AM, Jonathan Robie wrote:
> What is the effect of PROS GUNAIKA CHRAN at the end of this
> sentence? It
> starts out by saying POLLAI CHRAI HSAN, and that PROS OUDEMIAN AUTWN
> EPEMFQH HLIAS EI MH EIS SAREPTA. I expected the sentence to end there,
> but it goes on to say PROS GUNAIKA CHRAN - I would have expected
> OUDEMIAN ... EI MH ... to clearly indicate that SAREPTA is a widow.
> How
> would this sentence be different if the last three words had been
> omitted?
>
> Jonathan
>
> 25 ἐπ ἀληθείας δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν,
> πολλαὶ χῆραι ἦσαν
> ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἠλίου
> ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ,
> ὅτε ἐκλείσθη ὁ οὐρανὸς
> ἐπὶ ἔτη τρία καὶ μῆνας ἕξ,
> ὡς ἐγένετο λιμὸς μέγας ἐπὶ πᾶσαν
> τὴν γῆν,
> 26 καὶ πρὸς οὐδεμίαν αὐτῶν
> ἐπέμφθη Ἠλίας
> εἰ μὴ εἰς Σάρεπτα τῆς Σιδωνίας
> πρὸς γυναῖκα χήραν.
>
> 25 EP ALHQEIAS DE LEGW hUMIN,
> POLLAI CHRAI HSAN
> EN TAIS hHMERAIS HLIOU
> EN TWi ISRAHL,
> hOTE EKLEISQH hO OURANOS EPI ETH TRIA KAI MHNAS hEX,
> hWS EGENETO LIMOS MEGAS EPI PASAN THN GHN,
> 26 KAI PROS OUDEMIAN AUTWN EPEMFQH HLIAS
> EI MH EIS SAREPTA THS SIDWNIAS PROS GUNAIKA CHRAN.
>
>
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