[B-Greek] word order of adverbs.

Bert de Haan b_dehaan at sympatico.ca
Sun Mar 18 10:50:41 EST 2007


Thanks Elizabeth.
My question was mainly about the position of the adverb and you answered 
that.
I used Jeremiah as an example.  However, I don't think that both verbs are 
about one speech act.
Zedekiah asked (HRWTA) Jeremiah to tell (EIPEIN) if there was a word from 
the Lord.
Still,  it does not make a lot of difference because if the king asks in 
secret he probably is hoping for an answer in secret as well.
Thanks again.
Bert de Haan.


>From: Elizabeth Kline <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
>To: Bert de Haan <b_dehaan at sympatico.ca>
>CC: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: Re: [B-Greek] word order of adverbs.
>Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:51:28 -0700
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>Bert,
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>The position of this adverb in Jer. 44:17 LXX reflects the position  of 
>bstr in the MT. The LXX of Jer has several minuses but the word  order at 
>this point reflects the Hebrew word order. In any event the  two verbs 
>HRWTA ... EIPEIN are all about one speech act so it  wouldn't amount to 
>much either way would it?
>
>The LXX has its own syntax and does not follow the rules of Attic or  
>Koine.
>
>
>
>Elizabeth Kline
>
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>On Mar 17, 2007, at 5:48 PM, Bert de Haan wrote:
>
>>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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