1 Corinthians 14:27:41 Cor.14.27.W4TAB
λαλεῖ
lalei
“speaks”
- Transliteration
- la-LEI
- Extended
- lah-lee
- IPA
- /laˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- speaks
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
la-LEI
- sentence
EI-te GLOS-sê tis la-LEI ka-TA DY-o ê to PLEI-ston TREIS kai a-NA ME-ros kai heis di-er-mê-neu-E-tô
Exegesis
The dative glosse {γλώσσῃ | glṓs-sē} functions as a dative of manner or sphere, indicating that the speaking lalei {λαλεῖ | la-leî} occurs “in a tongue.”
Root and etymology
laleōlambda–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to speak, to talk”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:27
If anyone speaks in a tongue, let it be by two , or at the most three, and each in turn; and let one interpret .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Corinthians 14:27, so the Greek word λαλεῖ (lalei) 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.14.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.27.W4.S1) and character.