Acts 16:13:18Acts.16.13.W18TAB
ἐλαλοῦμεν
elaloumen
“we were speaking”
- Transliteration
- e-la-LOU-men
- Extended
- eh-lah-LOO-mehn
- IPA
- /e.laˈluː.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we were speaking
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-la-LOU-men
- sentence
tê te hê-ME-rai tôn sab-BA-tōn ek-SÊL-tho-men EK-sō tês PY-lēs pa-RA po-ta-MON hou e-no-MI-zo-men pro-seu-KHÊN EI-nai kai ka-THI-san-tes e-la-LOU-men tais sy-nel-THOU-sais gy-nai-KSIN
Exegesis
The coordinated participial clause kai kathisantes elaloumen {καὶ καθίσαντες ἐλαλοῦμεν | kai ka-thí-san-tes e-la-loû-men} uses an aorist participle followed by an imperfect to show that sitting down set the stage for speaking.
In context — Acts 16:13
And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we assumed there was a place of prayer ; we sat down and spoke with the women who had gathered there.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:13:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 16:13, so the Greek word ἐλαλοῦμεν (elaloumen) 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 Acts.16.13.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.13.W18.S1) and character.