1 Corinthians 14:21:121 Cor.14.21.W12TAB
λαλήσω
laleêsô
“I will speak”
- Transliteration
- la-LEÊ-sô
- Extended
- lah-LEH-ê-soh
- IPA
- /laˈlɛː.sɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will speak
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-LEÊ-sô
- sentence
en tôi NO-môi GE-grap-tai HO-ti en he-te-ro-GLOS-sois kai en KHEI-le-sin he-TE-rôn la-LEÊ-sô tôi la-Ôi TOU-tôi kai oud HOU-tôs ei-sa-KOU-son-TAI mou LE-gei KY-ree-os
Exegesis
The future indicative laleso {λαλήσω | lalḗsō} “I will speak” takes the dative indirect object to lao touto {τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ | tôi laō toútō} “to this people,” where the demonstrative “this” singles out a specific, covenant people.
Root and etymology
laleōlambda–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to speak, chatter, utter”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:21
In the Law it is written: “In other tongues and in the lips of others I will speak to this people, and not even so will they listen to Me,” says the Lord .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Corinthians 14:21, so the Greek word λαλήσω (laleêsô) 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.14.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.21.W12.S1) and character.