[B-Greek] question regarding 1 Tim 6:10
Rod Rogers
rngrogers at embarqmail.com
Wed Mar 31 22:00:49 EDT 2010
I could be wrong but in English don't we place the subject before
the verb in a situation like this? In the sentence, "For a root
of all the evils is the love of money" doesn't it indicate that
root is the subject and not love? I think, "For the love of money
is the root of all evil", places the subject in it's proper
position.
rod rogers
bargersville, in
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Lightman" <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>; "ray marion"
<marionray777 at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] question regarding 1 Tim 6:10
> -- On Tue, 3/30/10, ray marion wrote:
>
>
> <Does anyone agree with my translation of 1St Timothy 6:10?
>
> riza gar pantwn twn kakawn estin h filarguria
>
> a root For of all the evils is the love of money.
>
> For a root of all the evils is the love of money>
>
>
> Hi, Ray,
>
> Yes, I agree with your translation, which softens
> the dictum from THE root of all evils. (cf. KJV)
>
> I should say that my agreement has nothing to
> do with the fact that the RIZA does not have the definite
> article and KAKWN does.
> Just by coincidence, I happened to be
> re-reading Chariton 4:2, 7 this morning and noticed this
>
> "συ παντων ημιν των κακων αιτια."
>
> SU PANTWN HMIN TWN KAKWN AITIA
>
> "You are the cause of all of our evils."
>
> Here Polycharmus means that Callirhoe is THE (one and
> only ) cause of every last one of their troubles. Paul
> clearly does not mean this about the love of money.
> In both cases the noun (RIZA and AITIA) is anarthrous.
> The forms are the same, but the meanings are galaxies apart.
>
> I agree with Elizabeth that Meaning Precedes Form. What
> I'm trying to figure out is, where does Meaning come from?
>
>
> Mark L
> FWSFOROS
> Φωσφορος
>
>
>
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