ᾖ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ᾖ

   ÊI

   there is
2. sentence🔊 ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ᾖ διερμηνευτής σιγάτω ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ἑαυτῷ δὲ λαλείτω καὶ τῷ θεῷ

   e-AN de mê ÊI di-er-mê-neu-TÊS si-GA-tô en ek-klê-SI-a he-au-TÔ de la-LEI-tô kai tôi the-Ô

   if but not there is interpreter let him be silent in church to himself but let him speak and to the God

Exegesis

The verse is framed as a conditional sentence introduced by ean {ἐὰν | eàn} with the verb ē {ᾖ | ê} in the present subjunctive, forming a third-class condition: “if there is not an interpreter.”

Root and etymology

diermeneuō🔊 διερμηνεύωdelta–iota–epsilon–rho–mu–eta–nu–epsilon–upsilon–omega

“to interpret thoroughly”

• 🔊 ἑρμηνείαepsilon–rho–mu–eta–nu–epsilon–iota–alphainterpretation1 Corinthians 12:10