[B-Greek] Jude 2 - Again
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nebarry at verizon.net
Wed Dec 3 08:08:10 EST 2008
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From: rhutchin at aol.com
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:41 -0500
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [B-Greek] Jude 2 - Again
>>Jude 2-
ELEOS hUMIN KAI EIRHNH KAI AGAPH PLHQUNQEIH
Given that PLHQUNQEIH is singular, 3rd person, is that reason to think that
the author meant only to apply it to AGAPH and not to ELEOS or EIRHNH?
Could the author be writing-
Mercy to you
and peace
and love (may it be multiplied)<<
So he he's willing to give up some love, but he's stingy on mercy and
peace? :)
Seriously, when such a series is listed, it's not uncommon for the verb
grammatically to refer only to the last subject in Greek, and so be
singular, although ad sensum it's to be taken with all the subjects.
Another way to say this is that if a verb may be supplied in context for a
particular nominative subject, go ahead and supply it. This is so common
that it should be the default reading, and if otherwise, the reader had
better come up with good textual or contextual reasons to support his case.
Barry
http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog
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