Acts 16:13:3Acts.16.13.W3TAB
ἡμέρᾳ
hêmerai
“day”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-rai
- Extended
- hê-MEH-rai
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.rai/
Meaning by language
- English
- day
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-rai
- 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 opening dative phrase tē te hēmera tōn sabbatōn {τῇ τε ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων | tē te hē-mé-ra tōn sab-bá-tōn} functions as a temporal marker indicating “on the Sabbath day.”
Root and etymology
hēmereta with rough breathing–mu–epsilon–rho
“day, daylight”
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 16:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 16:13, so the Greek word ἡμέρᾳ (hêmerai) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.13.W3.S1) and character.