[B-Greek] John 11:21b & 11:32c: Does the MOU make a difference?
Iver Larsen
iver_larsen at sil.org
Mon Apr 4 00:48:22 EDT 2011
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From: Michael Aubrey
To: Iver Larsen ; b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: 3. april 2011 23:42
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] John 11:21b & 11:32c: Does the MOU make a difference?
> 21...KURIE, EI HS hWDE OUK AN APEQANEN hO ADELFOS MOU
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> 32...KURIE, EI HS hWDE OUK AN MOU APEQANEN hO ADELFOS
[IVER]: That is a nuance I had not noticed. If my understanding of the function
of word
order is correct, it does show a small difference. Martha in v. 21 talks about
"my brother" without any particular emphasis. She seems somewhat businesslike.
Mary was crying when she knelt before Jesus. She seems more emotional and had a
closer relationship to Jesus. She may also have had a closer relationship to
Lazarus, at least more emotional. That might explain why she in John's
recounting does not simply say "my brother", but "MY brother". I would put "my"
in italics to indicate that emphasis, since the word could then be spoken with
greater stress in English (and Danish) - and with a crying voice.
[MIKE]: This cannot be the case. MOU is enclitic and thus by definition cannot
receive greater stress--it, in fact, cannot receive *any* stress.
Mike Aubrey
http://evepheso.wordpress.com
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I was not talking about stress in Greek, but stress in English. What is
accomplished by word order in Greek is often accomplished by stress in English.
Iver Larsen
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