[B-Greek] 1 John 4:19: "AGAPWMEN"

A. J. Birch a_j_birch at yahoo.es
Sat May 19 07:00:20 EDT 2007


Kelton G. wrote, "Hey Andy, if you look at AGAPWMEN one more time closely 
you'll see a circumflex accent over the omega.  That lets you know that 
there is a contraction going on.  Verbs whos stem end in epsilon, alpha, and 
omicron, when they add the PN endings change. So when the alpha contracts 
with the omicron, it changes to omega.  A + O = W. So basically you have 
AGAPA + OMEN = AGAPWMEN..."

But that doesn't really answer Andy's questions, because the circumflex 
accent is there in both forms (the indicative and the subjunctive).

I think Andy's suggestions (the "hHMEIS" and the context) are relevant, and 
maybe with the subjunctive we would expect what we find elsewhere in 'John': 
"TEKNIA", "AGAPHTOI", or something similar, to make the exhortation clearer.

Andrew J. Birch
Palma de Mallorca, Spain 





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