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Friends,
I have been studying Greek (koine) for 2 years and doing tutored study for about 2 more years. I was reading in my LXX and I came across a word that I could not identify fully.

Daniel 6:16b
Translation: "Thy God whom thou servest continually, he *will deliver* thee." (KJV)

word: ekeleitai
accent: penult/long
direct discourse

My guess: airew, third person singular, 2 aorist, optative

Issue: Why is the penult accented?

Sincerely,
Mike Ferrando ...

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tou\j e)k tou= nh/sou a)nqrw/pouj kai\ xruso\n kai\ ste/fanouj pe/mpein kekeleu/kamen o(/pwj lo/goij tou\j a)delfou\j th\n po/lemou te/xnhn paideu/wmen.
...

Help! :wink:
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hi guys,

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This is a transcription practice.
The image is http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/4/4.4/ms1571_1.jpg
(I do this for my practice of greek calligraphy, to identify the letters from those medieval manuscripts and follow the style. :))

First eight lines from the right column,

Tou= au)tou= ei)j th\n pro\j Timo/-
qeon B / e)pistolh/n : ~
Pau=loj a)po/stoloj IhsoU XristoU, Dia\ qe-
lh/matoj QeoU, kat'epaggeli/an
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