From: Paul, Doug (Doug.Paul@GDC4S.Com)
Date: Wed Jan 09 2002 - 13:43:09 EST
I have followed with interest the discussions on Middle/Passive voice. In
trying to understand the idea of a verb being subject focused I have looked
at the following two texts with respect to the word MOICHEUW:
Matt 5:28
"... EGW DE LEGW hUMIN hOTI PAS hO BLEPWN GUNAIKA PROS TO EPIQUMHSAI AUTHN
HDH EMOICEUSEN AUTHN EN TH KARDIA AUTOU."
and
Matt 19:9
"EGW DE hUMIN hOTI hOS AN APOLUSH THN GUNAIKA AUTOU MH EPI PORNEIA KAI
GAMHSH ALLHN MOICATAI"
In Matt 5:28 the verb morphology is active and in Matt 19:9 it is
middle-passive. The difference I believe is that in Matt 5:28 the point is
the relationship between the action of BLEPW and the action of MOICHEUW.
Where as in Matt 19:9 the focus is on the participants ( or subjects) in the
adultry. We can discuss the activity in terms of the adultry or in terms of
the adulterers; that determines the choice of morphology.
Does that conclustion seem reasonable?
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Doug Paul
doug.paul@GDC4S.com
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