[B-Greek] A Perfect Imperfect (Was Hebrews 1:6 and 2:5

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Mar 10 14:39:15 EST 2010


On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Mark Lightman wrote:
> Richard wrote:
>  
> <How about an iterative imperfect?
> 
> "I have never been a prophet or the son of a prophet,
>  but I have always been 
> a herdsman and a dresser of figs.">
>  
> Hi, Richard,
>  
> Yes, that sounds good to me.  My only question would
> be, do you think the text means to indicate one way or
> the other whether he is NOW a prophet?


>> OUK HMHN PROFHTHS EGW OUDE hUIOS PROFHTOU,
>> ALL? H AIPOLOS HMHN KAI KNIZWN SUKAMINA
>> ?
>> "I didn't used to be a prophet, nor the son of a prophet.
>> Rather I was wont to be a herdsman and dresser of figs." 


Just as a matter of definition, can a stative be iterative? I would have thought that an iterative would be a verb of performance of some sort.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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