[B-Greek] POLIAS kai KNHMAS

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 15 22:07:19 EDT 2009



--- On Wed, 4/15/09, Daniel Buck <bucksburg at yahoo.com> wrote:


APOKOLUYAI TO KATAKALUMMA SOU, ANAKALUYAI TAS POLIAS, ANASURE TAS KNHMAS
remove thy veil, uncover thy white hairs, make bare the leg

1.Since the Hebrew has 'lift the skirt', I question the translation of 'white hairs' for POLIAS (anyway, it should be 'the', not 'thy', right?).
 
Daniel,
 
The article in Greek, can function as a possessive adjective, particularly
with body parts.  Acts 13:16 ANASTAS DE PAULOS KAI KATASEISAS THI
CEIRI EIPEN, means Paul motioned with HIS hand, not the hand.  I don't 
remember for sure, but I think it works this way in Hebrew as well. 
 
Mark L  


      


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