1 Corinthians 14:34:111 Cor.14.34.W11TAB
λαλεῖν
lalein
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- la-LEIN
- Extended
- lah-LEIN
- IPA
- /laˈleːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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 | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
la-LEIN
- sentence
hai gy-NAI-kes en tais ek-klay-SEE-ais si-GA-tō-san ou gar e-pi-TRE-pe-tai au-TAIS la-LEIN al-LA hy-po-tas-SESTH-ō-san ka-THŌS kai ho NO-mos LE-gei
Exegesis
The postpositive conjunction gar {γὰρ | gár} introduces a causal clause, where epitrepetai {ἐπιτρέπεται | epitré-pe-tai} appears as an impersonal passive, “it is permitted,” taking autais {αὐταῖς | autaîs} in the dative as the group affected and lalein {λαλεῖν | laleîn} as the infinitive of the action that is not allowed, “to speak.”
Root and etymology
laleōlambda–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to speak, to talk”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:34
The women in the churches must be silent ; for it is not permitted for them to speak, but they must be submissive, just as the law also says.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:34:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Corinthians 14:34, so the Greek word λαλεῖν (lalein) 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.14.34.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.34.W11.S1) and character.