To: Liz Fried <lizfried AT umich.edu>, Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Written by the Holy Ghost?
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 19:07:59 -0800
The article, personal, and relative pronouns at John 14:17 referring to the
spirit
are all neuter. The masculine article is for KOSMOS (hO KOSMOS), "the world."
Solomon Landers
Liz Fried wrote:
> Dear Raymond,
> You wrote:
> >
> > Dear Harold,
> >
> > Check the following reference: Acts 2:4b: TO pneuma edidou ...
> >
> > As far as I know Greek --this is the B-Hebrew list, so I dare to
> > say :-) --
> > the is neuter, or am I wrong?
> The article is always neuter, but Harold is right at least in GJohn 14:17
> to which I turned at random. The article is neuter, but then the relative
> pronoun is ho, masculine. This strikes me as odd and ungrammatical,
> but right, I could be wrong.
>
> Liz
>