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

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Mar 10 15:51:42 EST 2010


On Mar 10, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Richard Lindeman wrote:
> Perhaps HMHN + a noun designating position of office gives to us the 
> effective equivalent of a performance verb?

I doubt it; I think one might then rather expect the typical
Greek nominal verbs such as PROFHTEUW -- EPROFHTEUON.
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Carl Conrad" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:39 PM
> To: "Mark Lightman" <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
> Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>; "Richard Lindeman" <oblchurch at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] A Perfect Imperfect (Was Hebrews 1:6 and 2:5
> 
>> 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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