1 Corinthians 14:11:31 Cor.14.11.W3TAB

μὴ

not

Transliteration
Extended
MAY
IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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Word in context

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    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

Exegesis

The verse begins with a conditional protasis, ean oun mē eidō {ἐὰν οὖν μὴ εἰδῶ | e-an oûn mḕ ei-dō̂} “if therefore I do not know,” using the particle ean with the aorist subjunctive to describe a hypothetical situation.

Root and etymology

oikosomicron–iota–kappa–omicron–sigma

house, dwelling

In context1 Corinthians 14:11

Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the voice, I will be a foreigner to the one speaking, and the one speaking will be a foreigner to me.

About this coordinate

1 Corinthians 14:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Corinthians 14:11, so the Greek word μὴ () can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Cor.14.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.11.W3.S1) and character.