Jonna Schmidt Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Hi: I am studying BBG with Dr. Mounce, and we are studying periphrastic participles. So... I am trying to find ALL the Greek New Testament participles. Someone graciously gave me a "starting" construct search, and although I have the SYNTAX module, since I am just a new Greek student, I am still struggling. So... I went to Dr. Jay's podcasts #135, and he shows a very basic HEBREW SYNTAX search -- and despite my best efforts: I can NOT duplicate his "very basic search" -- so I am kind of frustrated this afternoon. I can duplicate the search for EXCLAMATIONS in the GREEK texts, but I just keep getting errors with the Hebrew Bible, which undermines my confidence in any search. Just what am I doing wrong? THANKS for any help. Here are my "searches" sdfsdf.tiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabian Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Wrong text! BHS is for text critics and the HMT-W4 for Syntax searches (or ETCBC) Greetings Fabian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julia Falling Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) Jonna – Finding all the participles is pretty straightforward – once you know how to do it. Chose WORDS for your search. Then use the Menu bar: After clicking on Verb and releasing, this box will come up: Hit return and you will have a list of all the participles in the NT. There are a lot of them! To get just the periphrastic constructions is more complicated and I'm trying to get my Hebrew homework finished and to study for a quiz. If no one else sets it up for you, I may be able to help you tomorrow. Edited April 13, 2017 by Julia Falling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonna Schmidt Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Thanks so much! I somehow did not have the HMT-W4 in my list of Hebrew Bibles. (It was down in non-English Bibles). So that solved that, and thanks! Did NOT realize that I had two Bibles that look so similar. Thanks for the input on the participles. I will keep working on the periphrastic phrases! I gave up on Dr. Jay's podcast last night when I could not even do his first "simple" search. Back to the podcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julia Falling Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Jonna – Hang in there – it really is worth it. Both Greek and Hebrew are a lot of work but you do gain understanding of God's Word that you can't get any other way. After Mounce, I knew I still had much to learn but at least had some confidence that I had a good handle on what we had covered in the first year. From what I have seen this year in Hebrew (Pratico & Van Pelt), the grammar is much easier than Greek. The morphology is nightmarish. Stuff morphs. Some consonants vanish. I'm only auditing, and am satisfied with my weekly quiz scores, but I don't feel as grounded as I did coming out of first year Greek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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