[B-Greek] Acts 3,6A
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Mar 20 17:23:02 EST 2004
At 10:23 PM -0500 3/19/04, Polycarp66 at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 3/19/2004 10:08:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>edmishoe at yahoo.com writes:
>EIPEN DE PETROS ARGURION KAI CRUSION OUC hUPARCEI MOI, hO DE ECW TOUTO SOI
>DIDWMI
>
>MOI is generally not translated. Cannot the dative of possession be
>translated here?
>
>Peter said, "I have no money WITH ME (in my possession), but what I do have
>(possess) this I give to you"
>_________________
>
>This is not a dative of possession. the verb hUPARXEI is a 3 m.s. and is an
>existential verb which therefore simply means "it exists" or in this case with
>OUX "it does not exist" MOI is thus a dative of respect "it does not exist
>WITH REFERENCE TO ME" or simply "I don't have."
I would argue the opposite; hUPARCEI is indeed equivalent to ESTI, and
hUPARCEI MOI is not a whit different in sense from ESTI MOI + nom. subject.
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Carl W. Conrad
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