[B-Greek] Matthew 1:20 EK PNEUMATOS ESTIN hAGIOU / EK PNEUMATOS hAGIOU ESTIN
Elizabeth Kline
kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Feb 7 15:09:24 EST 2008
On Feb 7, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Jonathan Robie wrote:
> Matthew 1:20 τὸ γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ ηθὲν ἐκ
> πνεύματός ἐστιν ἁγίου
> Matthew 1:20 TO GAR EN AUTH HQEN EK PNEUMATOS ESTIN hAGIOU
>
> My poor American brain wants this to read ἐκ
> πνεύματός ἁγίου ἐστιν (EK
> PNEUMATOS hAGIOU ESTIN), rather than ἐκ πνεύματός
> ἐστιν ἁγίου (EK
> PNEUMATOS ESTIN hAGIOU). Is there any significance to the
> difference in
> word order here? Is there any significance to the verb dividing
> πνεύματός ἁγίου (PNEUMATOS hAGIOU)?
>
> Jonathan
I don't know if there is any significance but in earlier greek you
might have found something like TO GAR EN AUTH HQEN hAGIOU EK
PNEUMATOS ESTIN with the adjective in front of the preposition.
Elizabeth Kline
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