[B-Greek] Luke 4:26 EI MH EIS SAREPTA THS SIDWNIAS PROS GUNAIKA CHRAN
Jonathan Robie
jwrobie at mindspring.com
Thu Jun 21 09:50:33 EDT 2007
Ah, this makes sense! Thanks!
Jonathan
Carl W. Conrad wrote:
> 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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