[B-Greek] Pronominal Adjective
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Mon May 28 10:26:48 EDT 2007
The SWi in TWi OFQALMWi SWi is fairly clear since it is "your" eye but is not a genitive so that the case is being determined by the noun OFQALMOS. With the SOU in TOU ADELFOU SOU it can be ambiguous whether it is the pronoun or the adjective based on this criterion. Since ADELFOU is genitive, is SOU genitive as being the genitive of possession of the pronoun or is it a genitive of the pronominal adjective in agreement with its noun? That is a more difficult question to answer which is why Carl said it was "probably" the genitive of the pronoun.
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
To: Carl W. Conrad <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
Cc: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 9:29:02 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Pronominal Adjective
"Carl W. Conrad" wrote:
> SOS is found 26x in the GNT, e.g. Mt 7:3 TI DE
> BLEPEIS TO KARFOS TO
> EN TWi OFQALMWi TOU ADELFOU SOU, THN DE EN TWi SWi
> OFQALMWi DOKON OU
> KATANOEIS? Here the SOU in TOU ADELFOU SOU should
> probably be seen as
> the genitive of the pronoun SOU, but SWi in the
> phrase EN TWi SWi
> OFQALMWi is unquestionably the pronominal adjective.
Why is "your" brother considered a pronoun and "your"
eye an adjective? What is the distinguishing
characteristic that divides them into two groups?
(This usage seems to indicate they can be used
interchangeably.)
I goofed here:
> > 2. As an example, a grammar book I am reading
> > identifies the question hO PROFHTHS EI SU; by
> saying
> > that JESUS said OU. I have no way of searching the
> GNT
> > to see if this is so, but I think this was
> answered by
> > John, not Jesus. Would that be a typo or is this
> > question also asked to Jesus? He continues by
> saying
> > "Again Jesus..." So he seems pretty sure Jesus
> > answered this question somewhere.
This was suppose to be an unrelated question, but it
sure seems to be a continuation. Sorry! I got the
grammar book by Funk that was recommended and he
quotes that Jn 1 passage but identifies it as Jesus'
answer (No, I am not that prophet). When I saw Jesus
denying being that prophet, I was sure there was some
mistake. I was only confirming that Funk made a major
typo (page 377).
Mitch Larramore
Sugar Land, Texas
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