From: Edgar Krentz (ekrentz@lstc.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 25 1999 - 04:05:39 EST
> I've come across an odd construction in Mk. 5:9 with its parallel
>in Luke
>8:30.
>
> The dative can be used with ONOMA to indicate a parenthetical
>expression
>as in Jn. 1:6; 3:1; 18:10; Acts 27:1; 27:8; Rev. 6:8; 9:11. This is called
>a parenthetical nominative construction by BDF (#144).
>
> But the two instances of ONOMA with dative in Mk. 5:9 and the one
>in Lk.
>8:30 appear not to conform to this pattern. I am wondering if there is
>some nuance of meaning that is conveyed by the use of the dative pronouns
>in these passages, since one would normally expect ONOMA with a posessive
>referent to be in the genitive case, except when parenthetical.
>
>Regards to all,
>David Moore
David,
I think this is a rather normal construction, a dative of possession. as
descrfibed in H. P. V. Nunn, A SHSORT SYNTAX OF NT GREEK, no. 39, p. 47.
Translate it as "W{hat is your name?"
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