Biblical Greek Punctuation and Syllabification

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1. Chapter 4 Punctuation & Syllabification

2. Punctuation Period and comma θεός. — θεός, Semicolon: period above line θεός· Question mark: English semicolon θεός;

3. Punctuation θεός. θεός, θεός· θεός;

4. Diacriticals Diaeresis (chpt 3) Apostrophe (ἀπό → ἀπ᾿) Accents (pitch, stress) acute (αἰτέω); grave (θεὸς); circumflex (ἁγνῶς) debate: pronunciation; memorization; identification

5. Apostrophe ἀπό → ἀπ᾿

6. Accents Acute: αἰτέω Grave: θεὸς Circumflex: ἁγνῶς

7. Syllabification Dividing a word into different pieces so it can be pronounced Two methods Learn rules (Appendix) Listen to teacher — natural for English speaker Listen carefully when learning vocabulary

8. Syllabification There is one vowel (or diphthong) per syllable. ἀ κη κό α μεν

9. Syllabification A single consonant by itself (not a cluster) goes with the following vowel. ἑ ω ρά κα μεν

10. Syllabification Two consecutive vowels that do not form a diphthong are divided. ἐ θε α σά με θα

11. Syllabification A consonant cluster that can not be pronounced together is divided. ἔμ προ σθεν

12. Syllabification A consonant cluster that can be pronounced together goes with the following vowel Χρι στος

13. Syllabification Double consonants are divided. παρ ρη σί α

14. Syllabification Compound words are divided where joined. ἀντι χριστος

15. Practice reading Online class, lesson 3

16. Practice reading

17. Summary Punctuation Three accents — consistent pronunciation Syllabification

18. Challenge of Vocabulary Hard 5,423 words occurring 138,148 times 313 (5.8%) occur 50x or more 6 more — 319 total (80%) Statistics and mnemonics

19. 319 words

20. FlashWorks

21. Glosses Approximations — ἀδελφός “literally” “The Bible says ‘brother.’” “Brother” Someone you are close to — “Brother” / “Sister” Plural: “brothers and sisters” Not what is says but what it means.

22. ἄγγελος, -ου, ὁ

23. ἀμήν

24. ἄνθρωπος, -ου, ὁ

25. ἀπόστολος, -ου,ὁ

26. Γαλιλαία, -ας, ἡ

27. γραφή, -ῆς, ἡ

28. δόξα, -ης, ἡ

29. ἐγώ

30. ἔσχατος, -η, -ον

31. ζωή, -ῆς, ἡ

32. θεός, -οῦ, ὁ

33. καί

34. καρδία, -ας, ἡ

35. κόσμος, -ου, ὁ

36. λόγος, -ου, ὁ

37. πνεῦμα, -ατος, τό

38. προφήτης, -ου, ὁ

39. σάββατον, -ου, τό

40. φωνή, -ῆς, ἡ

41. Χριστός, -οῦ, ὁ

42. Ἀβραάμ, ὁ

43. Δαυίδ, ὁ

44. Παῦλος, -ου, ὁ

45. Πέτρος, -ου, ὁ

46. Πιλᾶτος, -ου, ὁ

47. Σίμων, -ωνος, ὁ

48. 26 words