1 Corinthians 14:35:161 Cor.14.35.W16TAB
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
ei DE ti ma-THEIN THE-lou-sin en OI-kō tous i-DEE-ous AN-dras e-pe-rō-TA-tō-san ais-KHRON gar es-TIN gy-nai-KEI la-LEIN en ek-klē-SI-ai
Exegesis
The explanatory conjunction gar {γάρ | gár} introduces the rationale: aischron {αἰσχρόν | ais-khrón} ‘shameful’ stands as a predicate adjective with estin {ἐστιν | es-tin} ‘it is’, and the infinitive lalein {λαλεῖν | la-leîn} ‘to speak’ functions as the subject of estin, specified further by the dative gynaiki {γυναικί | gy-naikí} ‘for a woman’ and the prepositional phrase en ekklēsia ‘in assembly’. The structure marks a contrast between private, domestic instruction and public, congregational speech, with the moral evaluation attached specifically to women speaking in the congregational setting. In translation, the conditional clause is preserved (“If they want to learn anything…”), followed by a main clause with an imperative sense (“let them ask…”), and the causal clause (“for/because it is shameful…”) is rendered to make clear the reason given for the prescribed behavior.
Root and etymology
laleōlambda–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to speak, to talk”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:35
If they want to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:35:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Corinthians 14:35, 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.14.35.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.35.W16.S1) and character.