[B-Greek] future indicative in Jonah 1:11 (Joseph Justiss)

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Wed May 18 17:18:38 EDT 2011



Jonah 1:11 (GS 12 Proph) 
11 καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν Τί σοι ποιήσωμεν, καὶ κοπάσει ἡ θάλασσα ἀφʼ ἡμῶν; ὅτι ἡ 
θάλασσα ἐπορεύετο καὶ ἐξήγειρε μᾶλλον κλύδωνα. 

11 KAI EIPAN PROS AUTON, "TI SOI POIHSWMEN, KAI KOPASEI hH QALASSA AF' hHMWN?" 
hOTI hH QALASSA EPOREUETO KAI ECHGEIRE MALLON KLUDWNA.
 
I'm not sure what your problem with κοπάσει KOPASEI might be, but it seems that 
what we have here is a very literal translation of the MT here (note the καί 
KAI joining it to the preceeding). I suspect, however, that you are questioning 
why a future is used here.  Note that the subj of the aorist is used in the 
question Τί σοι ποιήσωμεν TI POIHSWMEN as might be expected in a question 
expressing uncertainty.  In keeping with Semitic practice the current clause is 
joined to the preceeding by a copula which has many uses in Hebrew including 
expressing result or purpose.  In this case we are looking at a purpose clause 
so that the question is asked regarding what must be done SO THAT the danger may 
be averted.

 george
gfsomsel 


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From: Joseph Justiss <jljustiss at gmail.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wed, May 18, 2011 1:43:51 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] future indicative in Jonah 1:11 (Joseph Justiss)

I was wondering if you all can help explain the use of the future indicative
in Jonah 1:11 after the subjunctive in the sailors' question. It seems to me
the future mainly marks a result in this type of construction. Is this
something inherent within the semantics of the future, or is this a special
pragmatic use in certain types of interrogative clauses, or subjuntive
settings? I think the same thing happens in the last clause of Matthew
13:15

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Joseph Justiss
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