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Tue May 3 10:41:24 EDT 2011
"Many of the prepositions learned thus far can be used as prefixes in order
to form compound verbs. Although quite often similar to the preposition in
meaning, the prefix can sometimes have a somewhat different force."
Which was what my point was in my original post. While used as a
preposition, ANA has the sense of up, upwards, it also can have the sense of
repetition when pre-fixed to a verb.
The other point I was trying to make that even this does not conclusively
tell us what the meaning of a compound verb might be. My personal practice
when encountering an unfamiliar compound verb is to simply look it up.
Having said that, the distinction between preposition and prefix might
somewhat a game of semantics though I lean toward there being an actual
distinction.
Chuck Tripp
Kodiak, Alaska
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Wilson <emory2oo2 at hotmail.com>
To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 1:46 PM
Subject: [b-greek] Re: Jn 20:9, DEI AUTON EK NEKRWN ANASTHNAI
>
> Chuck:
>
> You responded to this:
>
> >There is no "again" in ANASTASIS. The preposition ANA
> >means UP or UPWARD. Combined with hISTHMI (STASIS),
> >which denotes "cause to stand," you have "caused to
> >stand upright," hence "to be resurrected." The
> >infinitive completes DEI.
>
> By saying:
>
> -----
> >The ANA in question is not a preposition but a prefix in a composite
verb.
> -----
>
> >From what source are you getting this information? All my sources confirm
> that ANA is a preposition used in this compound verb (and it is identified
> as a preposition).
>
> Mark Wilson
>
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