Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:07:12 -0500 "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
writes:
> Peter:
> 
> I did not claim that TA APOKEIMENA is the subject of the main 
> sentence, rather it is a reference that points back to the subject 
> of the main sentence. I agree that the former is not allowed, but 
> the latter is. As a neuter plural, it is either nominative or 
> accusative.
> 
> As I said before, I am not a Greek expert, so how would one say 
> "until comes the one to whom they belong"? Whereas proper Greek has 
> the subject of a verb only as a nominative, could this be a Hebreism 
> by the translator as Hebrew allows the equivelant of the dative as 
> the subject of the verb?
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Karl,

Actually, TA APOKEIMENA is nom. as the subject of ELQHi.  It would read
"until that which is reserved / destined comes to him."

george
gfsomsel
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