[B-Greek] Ecclesiastes 3:11
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 2 13:23:04 EDT 2007
On Nov 2, 2007, at 9:29 AM, Bryant J. Williams III wrote:
> Martin Shields has indicated that he (and myself included) could
> not find any
> where in Greek where the double negative OU MH is used with a
> relative in
> between
Josephus “AJ”, 18.225
Ῥωμαίοις δ’ ἦν μὲν πύστις τῆς
Τιβερίου 2 τελευτῆς εὐφραίνοντό τε
τῷ ἀγαθῷ τῆς ἀγγελίας, οὐ μὴν
πιστεύειν 3 γε θάρσος ἦν αὐτοῖς, οὐ
τῷ μὴ βούλεσθαι, πρὸ πολλῶν γὰρ ἂν
4 ἐτίμησαν χρημάτων τὸ ἐπαληθεῦσαν
τῶν λόγων, δέει δὲ μὴ ψευδοῦς τῆς
ἀγγελίας γενομένης
προεξαναστάντες ἐπὶ δηλώσει τοῦ
αὐτῶν χάρματος εἶτ’ ἀπολλύοιντο
διαβολῆς αὐτῶν γενομένης·
hRWMAIOIS D' HN MEN PUSTIS THS TIBERIOU 2 TELEUTHS EUFRAINONTO TE TWi
AGAQWi THS AGGELIAS, OU MHN PISTEUEIN 3 GE QARSOS HN AUTOIS, OU TWi
MH BOULESQAI, PRO POLLWN GAR AN 4 ETIMHSAN CRHMATWN TO EPALHQEUSAN
TWN LOGWN, DEEI DE MH YEUDOUS THS AGGELIAS GENOMENHS PROEXANASTANTES
EPI DHLWSEI TOU AUTWN CARMATOS EIT' APOLLUOINTO DIABOLHS AUTWN
GENOMENHS:
It depends on how you read OU TWi MH BOULESQAI, OU ... MH probably
isn't functioning here as a double negative but TWi (article) at
first glance looks like it belongs with BOULESQAI but perhaps OU TWi
and MH BOULESQAI are independent constituents.
Elizabeth Kline
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