Greek in a year May 2024 week four (Obadiah 1:8) & Chat GPT

[Brian K. Mitchell]

 

For fun this week let's see what Chat GPT can do.

Do you agree or disagree with Chat GPT's parsing of Obadiah 1:8?

 

Quote__Obadiah 1:8

ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, λέγει Κύριος, ἀπολῶ σοφοὺς ἐκ τῆς Ἰδουμαίας καὶ σύνεσιν ἐξ ὄρους Ἠσαύ·

 

 

Parsing from Chat GPT:

 

• ἐν: preposition, "in" or "on"
• ἐκείνῃ: demonstrative pronoun, dative feminine singular, "that"
• τῇ: definite article, dative feminine singular, "the"
• ἡμέρᾳ: noun, dative feminine singular, "day"
• λέγει: verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular, "says"
• Κύριος: noun, nominative masculine singular, "Lord"
• ἀπολῶ: verb, future active indicative, 1st person singular, "I will destroy"
• σοφοὺς: adjective, accusative masculine plural, "wise" or "wise men"
• ἐκ: preposition, "from"
• τῆς: definite article, genitive feminine singular, "the"
• Ἰδουμαίας: proper noun, genitive feminine singular, "Edom" or "Idumea"
• καὶ: conjunction, "and"
• σύνεσιν: noun, accusative feminine singular, "understanding" or "discernment"
• ἐξ: preposition (variant of ἐκ used before words starting with a vowel), "from"
• ὄρους: noun, genitive neuter singular, "mountain"
• Ἠσαύ: proper noun, genitive masculine singular, "Esau"

 

Translation from Chat GPT: "In that day," says the Lord, "I will destroy the wise men from Edom and understanding from the mountain of Esau."