[B-Greek] purpose hina vs. result hina?

Margaret Sim margaret_sim at sil.org
Thu Jul 9 08:54:18 EDT 2009


Eric,
I have just returned from the SBL conference in Rome and found your email! 
Others have suggested my thesis. It should be out in book form by the end of 
this month, published by Paternoster, but I can tell you now that this 
particle introduces what a subject's desirable state of affairs might be. 
That may sound a bit fancy, but it is the most straightforward way of 
explaining the function of the particle! The basic decision should be made 
by deciding what is the most relevant interpretation in the context of the 
first readers. Yes, it does make a difference from our modern perspective if 
it if purpose or result, but I am not sure if Koine is quite as clear. Many 
clauses which follow this particle are neither purpose or result but show 
what the subject hopes 'should' be done or wants to be done. I arrived home 
only 2 hours ago and perhaps this quick email is not as intelligile as it 
should be!

Yours,

Margaret Sim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric S. Weiss" <papaweiss1 at yahoo.com>
To: "b-greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:49 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] purpose hina vs. result hina?


How does one know when to translate hINA as purpose versus results, and/or 
what leeway
does one have to pick and choose between them? In looking at the Lexham 
Clausal
Outlines of the New Testament (Logos Bible Software) for Romans 5-8, there 
were a
number of places where Dean P. Deppe (the author/editor of the Lexham 
Outlines)
indicated that it was a result hINA. I looked at BDAG and Wallace, but it 
seems to me
that at times it could go either way. Most translations I'm familiar with 
seem to translate it
as purpose, but translating it as result, or as kind of a middling "that" 
(i.e., leaving it vague
whether it's purpose or result) can definitely change the meaning of some 
significant
passages in this section of Romans (in positive ways, IMO), and likely 
elsewhere as well.

Eric S. Weiss



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