Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:18:32 -0500 "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
writes:
> Peter:
> 
> Taking the Greek listed below, it is interesting to note that the 
> verb is singular, therefore it would not refer to TA APOKEIMENA 
> which is plural, but to AUTWi. I don't know Greek that well, nor do 
> I have an LXX handy, but could TA APOKEIMENA refer back to $B+ and 
> MXQQ (the Hebrew words) that are the subjects of the first half of 
> this verse?
> 
> Similarly YB) in Hebrew is singular, looking for a singular 
> subject.
> 
> As for the AUTOS after the KAI, it looks as if it is merely 
> linguistic, not theological.
> 
> Karl W. Randolph.
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Karl,

Nevertheless, TA APOKEIMENA is the subject of ELQHi.  It is not at all
unusual for a NEUTER PL to take a sg verb.

george
gfsomsel
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