[B-Greek] Acts 26:17
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Tue Mar 24 05:12:33 EDT 2009
On Mar 24, 2009, at 12:53 AM, frank boumphrey wrote:
> I have just put up a Greek to B_Greek transcoder at:
> http://biblegreek.net/tools/index.php
> Paste your Greek characters in one box and retrieve B_Greek in the
> other.
> You can also download this as a standalone tool for your desktop.
I've checked this out and I think it is a fine tool; I hope that those
who have such difficulty composing Greek text from the keyboard or
using the translitteration scheme. . I pasted in a sizable chunk of
Unicode GNT text into the box and was pleased to see the instant
transformation into standard BG Transliteration format..
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mar 20, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Ross Assink wrote:
>>
>>> I have been reading through Acts as of late and came across vs. 17
>>> which says,
>>>
>>> Act 26:17 ἐξαιρούμενός σε ἐκ τοῦ
>>> λαοῦ καὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν, εἰς οὓς
>>> ἐγὼ σε ἀποστέλλω
>>
>> We were just talking about this: BG protocol requires that the
>> Unicode
>> Greek text be accompanied by a transliteration: EXAIROMENOS SE EK TOU
>> LAOU KAI TWN EQNWN, EIS hOUS EGW SE APOSTELLW
>>
>>>
>>> Does the plural οὓς simply refer to the plural "Gentiles" or to
>>> both "peoples" and "Gentiles"?
>>
>> Most likely both: hOUS is masc. pl., whereas LAOU is masc. sg. and
>> EQNWN is neut. pl.; I'd guess this is what's called a 'constuctio ad
>> sensum.'
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