[B-Greek] Acts 2:36a ASFALWS GINWSKETW
Oun Kwon
kwonbbl at gmail.com
Fri Feb 1 19:31:23 EST 2008
Thank you, Carl.
You let me back into a right way of thinking..
What a benefit of having teachers through B-Greek for the benefit of
learners! I can hardly imagine our old way of living when there was no
e-mail or internet.
Oun.
On Feb 1, 2008 7:23 PM, Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com> wrote:
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> On Feb 1, 2008, at 5:09 PM, Oun Kwon wrote:
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> > Acts 2:36
> > ASFALWS OUN GINWSKETW PAS OIKOS ISRAHL
> > hOTI KAI KURION AUTON KAI CRISTON EPOIHSEN hO QEOS,
> > TOUTON TON IHSOUN hON hUMEIS ESTAURWSATE.
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> > ASFALWS in the emphatic position modifies GINWSKETW.
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> I think you are letting your understanding of the English get in the
> way of understanding the Greek: "let + infinitive" is the standard
> English periphrastic way of expressing the sense of the third-person
> imperative, but one could as easily say "should know" or "must know"
> or -- to put about as awkwardly and old-timey as possible -- "it
> behooves the entire house of Israel to know." But, as you have
> yourself noted, ASFALWS qualifies GINWSKETW rather than the English
> mode of conveying the third-person imperative: "KNOW ASSUREDLY" is
> what it behooves the entire house of Israel to do.
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> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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