From: Mike Adams (mikadams@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Thu Dec 14 1995 - 19:01:55 EST
You wrote:
>
>On Thu, 14 Dec 1995, Ellen wrote:
>
>> In Hebrews 5:5 we see a linking verb as an infinitive taking the
>> nominative case:
>>
>> ouc heaton edoxasen genhqhnai arcierea....
>>
>> Also -himself- is not objective, but rather a reflexive pronoun.
>
>I don't follow you. heauton and arcierea are both accusative....
>...but I am inclinced to agree with you and Carl that my example
>needs a nominative. Still a bit murky for me.
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>James D. Ernest Joint Doctoral Program
Oops!! I was so excited to find an infinitive that appeared to be a
linking verb that I assumed that it was followed by a nominative, and
glancing very perfunctarily at my Friberg, misread the "N" to mean
nominative rather than noun. (It was really early in the morning, you
understand. And if one stands impetuously upon one's watch, one can end
up with egg on one's face and glass in one's feet.)
I do still wonder if einai might appear in the Greek text, and how a
subsequent noun would be rendered. My Strongs isn't that Exhaustive,
and not having the NT on computer, I can't do a search for that
particular form....
As to Liz's objection that the subject of an infinitive is always
accusative, may I say first that English-speaking persons generally
decline to object, rather than to accuse. (Very civilized, don't you
think?)
Anyhow, an example of a subject of an infinitive would be as follows:
Jesus claimed to be Messiah; the Pharisees thought "him" to be insane.
The example, however, did not take this form.
So after consulting several grammars, I called the Grammar Hotline. The
students and faculty manning (and womanning) the phones were divided as
to proper usage in your example. They were awaiting the final judgment
from their head guru as to which would be correct. As soon as the jury
is in, they will e-mail the results, which I will pass on.
As to the use of "for you and I": some of us do have that errant
inclination to rub their fingernails against the blackboard from time
to time.
Ellen
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