ἐν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐν

   en

   in
2. sentence🔊 ἐὰν οὖν μὴ εἰδῶ τὴν δύναμιν τῆς φωνῆς ἔσομαι τῷ λαλοῦντι βάρβαρος καὶ ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ βάρβαρος

   e-AN OUN MÊ ei-DO tên DY-na-min tês phô-NÊS E-so-mai tôi la-LOUN-ti BAR-ba-ros KAI ho la-LÔN en e-MOI BAR-ba-ros

   if therefore not I know the power of the sound I will be to the speaking one a foreigner and the speaking one in to me a foreigner

Exegesis

The coordinating kai introduces a reciprocal clause, ho lalōn en emoi barbaros {ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ βάρβαρος | ho la-lô̄n en e-moì bár-ba-ros}, where the nominative participle ho lalōn functions substantivally as the subject, and en emoi indicates the perspective “in relation to me.” The repetition of barbaros in both clauses creates parallelism and emphasizes mutual incomprehension. In English, word order is adjusted to subject–verb–complement sequences, and the idiomatic sense of dynamin as “meaning” and barbaros as “foreigner” is brought out to reflect how language difference creates relational distance.

Root and etymology

kitharizō🔊 κιθαρίζωkappa–iota–theta–alpha–rho–iota–zeta–omega

“to play the lyre or harp”

• 🔊 κιθάραkappa–iota–theta–alpha–rho–alphalyre, harpRevelation 5:8
• 🔊 κιθαρῳδόςkappa–iota–theta–alpha–rho–omega–iota–delta–omicron–sigmaharpistRevelation 18:22