[B-Greek] word order of adverbs.

Bert de Haan b_dehaan at sympatico.ca
Sat Mar 17 19:48:01 EST 2007


I was wondering if there is a common place for an adverb to be in in 
relation to the verb.
It seems to me that MH or OU are usually ahead of the verb but is that the 
case with adverbs in general?

Here is an example; Jeremia 37;17 (44:17)
KAI APESTEILEN ZEDEKIAS KAI EKALESEN AUTON, KAI HRWTA AUTON hO BASILEUS 
KRUFAIWS EIPEIN EI ESTIN LOGOS PARA KURIOU...

This is something like; And Zedekia sent for and called him and the king 
secretly  asked him to say if there is word for the Lord...

The context suggests that KRUFAIWS belongs to HRWTA even though there are 
three words between.  Before I looked at the context I had it go with the 
next verb; EIPEIN.
Would that be a possibility or is there a way to tell which verb it belongs 
to.
Thank you.
Bert de Haan.




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