{A Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by race} (Hell(886e)is,
Surophoinikissa t(9369) genei). "A Greek in religion, a Syrian in
tongue, a Phoenician in race" (Bruce), from Euthymius Zigabenus.
She was not a Phoenician of Carthage. {She besought} ((8872)(9374)a).
Imperfect tense. She kept at it. This verb, as in late Greek, is
here used for a request, not a mere question. Abundant examples
in the papyri in this sense.