[B-Greek] Plural Participle in Ps 68:32

David Miller dmiller at briercrest.ca
Sat Feb 2 23:00:06 EST 2008


Oops! I was assuming, for some reason, that MOSCOS was neuter. Teach me
to think twice before posting!

David
 
> KAI ARESEI TW QEW hUPER MOSCON NEON KERATA EKFERONTA KAI hOPLAS
>
> I would like to translate Ps 68:32 as follows: "And it will please God

> more than a new young bull bearing horns and hoofs" with EKFERONTA as 
> an adjectival participle modifying MOSCON. But EKFERONTA is plural. Is

> this merely a case of the number of the participle being assimilated 
> to its object?

Why do you say EKFERONTA is plural? The fact is that this is the regular
form of the accusative 3d sg. masculine participle (which follows 3rd
declension patterns -- stem in EKFERONT- accusative singular ending -A.

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