1 Corinthians 14:19:101 Cor.14.19.W10TAB
λαλῆσαι
lalaysai
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- la-LAY-sai
- Extended
- lah-LAY-sai
- IPA
- /laˈlɛː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to speak
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
la-LAY-sai
- sentence
al-LA en ek-klay-SEE-a THE-lo PEN-te LO-gous tôi no-EE mou la-LAY-sai HEE-na kai AL-lous ka-tê-KHÊ-sô ê my-REE-ous LO-gous en GLÔS-sê
Exegesis
The main finite verb thelo {θέλω | thé-lō} “I want” governs the infinitive lalesai {λαλῆσαι | la-lê-sai} “to speak,” with the object expressed as the measured phrase pente logous {πέντε λόγους | pén-te ló-gous} “five words,” creating a deliberate contrast with the later myrious logous {μυρίους λόγους | my-rí-ous ló-gous} “ten thousand words.”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:19
But in the assembly , I would rather speak five words with my understanding , so that I may also instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:19:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Corinthians 14:19, so the Greek word λαλῆσαι (lalaysai) 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.14.19.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.19.W10.S1) and character.