07-26-2004, 07:33 AM
As if that excitement over the "first" 4-way split word was not enough, here we have something potentially bigger.
Matthew 23:25
The last word has the variant among HEAPS of different Greek mss
akrasia - lack of self control
akaqarsia - unclean
adikia - unjust
akrasia adikia - cheeky Zorba was showing off! Showing two meanings from fw9!
pleonexia - covetousness
ponhria - wickedness
iniquitate - iniquity
Now I can see 2-4 of these meanings coming from the Aramaic fw9
So this is most definitely a split word (maybe a rarer 3-way or 4-way split) with even the oft-seen "split down the Alexandrian and Byzantine familes".
But I am no Aramaic expert. If one of you chaps can see all these meanings coming from fw9, or at least more than the 4 I see, we have a very very big split word indeed.
Please one of you experts somehow fiddle around with the roots... to make all these Greek words come from one Aramaic word, so we have a 7-way split word... Maybe you see words similar to fw9 that could have confused Zorba, leading to some of these other Greek meanings.
Matthew 23:25
The last word has the variant among HEAPS of different Greek mss
akrasia - lack of self control
akaqarsia - unclean
adikia - unjust
akrasia adikia - cheeky Zorba was showing off! Showing two meanings from fw9!
pleonexia - covetousness
ponhria - wickedness
iniquitate - iniquity
Now I can see 2-4 of these meanings coming from the Aramaic fw9
So this is most definitely a split word (maybe a rarer 3-way or 4-way split) with even the oft-seen "split down the Alexandrian and Byzantine familes".
But I am no Aramaic expert. If one of you chaps can see all these meanings coming from fw9, or at least more than the 4 I see, we have a very very big split word indeed.
Please one of you experts somehow fiddle around with the roots... to make all these Greek words come from one Aramaic word, so we have a 7-way split word... Maybe you see words similar to fw9 that could have confused Zorba, leading to some of these other Greek meanings.