[B-Greek] Romans 1:26 αἵ τε γὰρ θήλειαι αὐτῶν (hAI TE GAR QHLEIAI AUTWN)

Jonathan Robie jwrobie at mindspring.com
Thu Dec 4 07:23:47 EST 2008


Iver Larsen wrote:
>
> In my view TE here has the function it always has, namely to tie the 
> clause in which it occurs more tightly to part of the previous clause 
> than would otherwise have been the case. I called them "overlapping 
> events". Underlyingly, we have a common Hebrew style where the writer 
> first gives a general reference and then adds details about that 
> general reference. 

So in this context, TE could be rendered by an English semicolon?

Jonathan


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