1 Corinthians 14:7:21 Cor.14.7.W2TAB
τὰ
ta
“the”
- Transliteration
- ta
- Extended
- tah
- IPA
- /ta/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
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- sentence
HO-mōs ta AP-sy-kha phō-NĒN di-DON-ta EI-te au-LOS EI-te ki-THA-ra e-AN di-a-sto-LĒN tois phthog-GOIS mē DŌ PŌS gnō-STHĒ-se-tai to au-LOU-me-non ē to ki-tha-ri-DZO-me-non
Exegesis
The neuter plural subject ta apsycha {τὰ ἄψυχα | tá ápsycha} ‘the lifeless things’ is immediately qualified by the participial phrase phonen didonta {φωνὴν διδόντα | phōnḗn didónta} ‘giving a sound’, highlighting that even inanimate instruments can produce audible output.
Root and etymology
zēloōzeta–eta–lambda–omicron–omega
“to be zealous, deeply eager”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:7
Likewise, lifeless things giving a sound , whether a flute or a harp, if they do not give a distinction in the tones, how will what is being played on the flute or what is being played on the harp be recognized?
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Corinthians 14:7, so the Greek word τὰ (ta) 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.14.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.7.W2.S1) and character.