1 Corinthians 14:3:51 Cor.14.3.W5TAB
λαλεῖ
lalei
“speaks”
- Transliteration
- la-LEI
- Extended
- lah-LEI
- 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
ho de pro-phê-TEU-ōn an-THRÔ-pois la-LEI oi-ko-do-MÊN kai pa-RA-klê-sin kai pa-ra-my-THI-an
Exegesis
The participle prophēteuōn {προφητεύων | prophēteúōn} functions substantively, yielding the sense “the one who prophesies,” and serves as the grammatical subject of the finite verb lalei {λαλεῖ | laleî} “speaks.”
Root and etymology
laleōlambda–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to speak, to talk”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:3
But the one who prophesies speaks to people for edification and exhortation and consolation.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Corinthians 14:3, 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.14.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.3.W5.S1) and character.