1 Corinthians 14:9:191 Cor.14.9.W19TAB
ἀέρα
aera
“air”
- Transliteration
- a-E-ra
- Extended
- ah-EH-rah
- IPA
- /aˈe.ra/
Meaning by language
- English
- air
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
a-E-ra
- sentence
HOU-tōs KAI hy-MEIS di-A tês GLŌS-sēs e-AN mê EU-sē-mon LO-gon DŌ-te pōs gnō-STHÊ-se-tai to la-LOU-me-non E-ses-the gar eis a-E-ra la-LOUN-tes
Exegesis
The explanatory clause introduced by gar, esesthe gar eis aera lalountes {ἔσεσθε γὰρ εἰς ἀέρα λαλοῦντες | é-se-sthe gár eis a-é-ra la-loûn-tes}, uses a periphrastic sense (“you will be … speaking”) to depict the result of unintelligible speech: it is speech directed “into the air,” an idiomatic metaphor for futility or ineffectiveness. In translation, the conditional structure is preserved with “if … how will,” and the metaphor is retained while making explicit its sense of uselessness.
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:9
So also you, through the tongue, if you do not give a clear word, how will what is spoken be known? For you will be speaking into the air .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:9:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Corinthians 14:9, so the Greek word ἀέρα (aera) 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.14.9.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.9.W19.S1) and character.