Paul Danove, «The Interpretation and Translation of Verbs of "Giving" in the New Testament», Vol. 23 (2010) 109-127
This article resolves the occurrences of the thirteen NT verbs of “giving” into seven usages and considers the interpretation and translation of the verbs with each usage. The introductory discussion develops the semantic and syntactic criteria for identifying verbal usages and the distinguishing characteristics of verbs of “giving”. The study identifies the semantic, syntactic, and lexical properties of all occurrences of each verb with each usage, clarifies potential difficulties for interpretation, and proposes procedures for translation that accommodate the interpretive constraints with each usage. The concluding discussion distinguishes the function of complements with the same lexical realizations in different usages.
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(2) Give [[for him]] a ring [[which is to become his]] onto his hand
(Luke 15,22)
δότε δακτύλιον εἰς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ
In Mark 10,33 the action is for the Gentiles and places the Gentiles in
a Benefactive relationship with “him” (Jesus). The following clause then
clarifies how the Gentiles exercise their sway over or capacity to act with
respect to Jesus. In Luke 15,22 the action and ring are for the younger son,
the referent of the +animate Benefactive of the –animate Goal, “hand”.
The ±animate distinction also has implications for the lexical
realization of Goal complements with this usage. The dative case (to)
noun phrase (N+dat) realization is restricted to the +animate [+an] Goal;
and the εἰς (to, into) and ἐπί (onto, upon) prepositional phrases (P/εἰς
and P/ἐπί) appear only with the –animate [–an] Goal.7
The N+dat [+an] Goal appears on 311 occasions with δίδωμι.8
I have given [[for them]] to them your word [[which has become theirs]]
(John 17,14)
ἐγὼ δέδωκα αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον σου
The N+dat [+an] Goal appears on 104 occasions with the remaining
verbs. In the following example, the corpse becomes Joseph’s in the sense
that he has a lawful capacity to act with respect to it:9
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Further applications of the feature ±animate for determining the semantic function
of complements appears in P. Danove, “Distinguishing Goal and Locative Complements of
New Testament Verbs of Transference,” FgNT 20 (2007) 65-80.
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N+dat [+an] Goal: δίδωμι, Matt 4,9; 5,31.42; 6,11; 7,6.7.11a.11b; 9,8; 10,1.19;
12,39; 13,12; 14,7.8.11.16.19; 15,36; 16,4.19; 17,27; 19,11.21; 20,4.14; 21,23.43; 22,17;
24,45; 25,8.15.28.29.35.42; 26,9.15.26.27.48; 27,34; 28,12.18; Mark 2,26; 4,11.25;
5,43; 6,2.7.22.23.25.28a.28b.37a.37b.41; 8,6.12; 10,21; 11,28; 12,9.14; 13,11.34;
14,5.11.22.23.44; 15,23; Luke 1,32.77; 4,6a.6b.38b; 7,15.44.45; 8,18.55; 9,1.13.16; 10,19.35;
11,3.7.8a.8b.9.13a.13b.29; 12,32.48; 14,9; 15,12.16.29; 16,12; 17,18; 18,43; 19,8.13.15.24.26;
20,2.10.16.22; 21,15; 22,5.19a; 23,2; John 1,12.22; 3,27; 4,5.7.10a.10b.12.14a.14b.15;
5,22.27.36; 6,27.31.32a.32b.33.34.37.39.52.65; 7,19.22; 9,24; 10,28.29; 11,22; 12,5.49;
13,3.15.26a.26b.29.34; 14,16.27a.27c; 15,16; 16,23; 17,2a.2b.2c.4.6a.6b.7.8a.8b.9.11.12.14.2
2a.22b.24a.24b; 18,9.11.22; 19,3.9.11; 21,13; Acts 2,4; 3,6.16; 5,31.32; 7,5a.8.10.25.38; 8,19;
9,41; 11,17.18; 12,23; 13,21.34; 14,17; 15,8; 17,25; 24,26; Rom 4,20; 5,5; 11,8; 12,3.6; 14,12;
15,15; 1 Cor 1,4; 3,5.10; 11,15; 12,7.8.24; 15,38.57; 2 Cor 5,5.12.18; 8,5; 9,9; 12,7; 13,10;
Gal 2,9a.9b; 3,22; 4,15; Eph 1,17; 3,2.7.8; 4,7.8.27.29; 6,19; Col 1,25; 1 Thes 4,2; 2 Thes 1,8;
3,9.16; 1 Tim 4,14; 5,14; 2 Tim 1,7.9.16; 2,7.25; Heb 2,13; 7,4; Jas 1,5a.5b; 2,16; 4,6b; 1 Pet
1,21; 5,5; 2 Pet 3,15; 1 John 3,1.23.24; 4,13; 5,11.16.20; Rev 1,1; 2,10.17a.17b.21.23.26.28;
4,9; 6,2.4b.8.11; 8,2.3a; 9,1.3; 10,9; 11,1.2.13.18; 12,14; 13,2.4.5a.5b.7b.14.15b.16; 14,7; 15,7;
16,6.9.19; 17,13.17b; 18,7; 19,7; 20,4; 21,6.
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N+dat [+an] Goal: ἀναδίδωμι, Acts 23,33; ἀνταποδίδωμι, Luke 14,14a.14b; Rom
11,35; 1 Thes 3,9; 2 Thes 1,6; ἀποδίδωμι, Matt 5,33; 6,4.6.18; 16,27; 18,26.29; 20,8; 21,41;