Acts 2:17:6Acts.2.17.W6TAB
ἡμέραις
hêmerais
“days”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-rais
- Extended
- hay-MEH-rais
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.rais/
Meaning by language
- English
- days
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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 | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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hê-ME-rais
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KAI ES-tai en TAIS es-KHA-tais hê-ME-rais LE-gei ho the-OS ek-khe-O a-PO tou pneu-ma-TOS mou e-PI PA-san SAR-ka KAI pro-phê-TEU-sou-sin hoi hy-oi hy-MON KAI hai thy-ga-TE-res hy-MON KAI hoi ne-a-NIS-koi hy-MON ho-RA-seis OP-son-tai KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi hy-MON e-nyp-NI-ois e-nyp-ni-as-THÊ-son-tai
Exegesis
The temporal prepositional phrase en tais eschatais hemerais {ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις | en taîs es-chá-tais hē-mé-rais} “in the last days” sets an eschatological frame, foregrounding the time when the following promises will occur.
Root and etymology
hēmeraeta–mu–epsilon–rho–alpha
“day”
In context — Acts 2:17
And it will be in the last days, says God , I will pour out from My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy , and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
About this coordinate
Acts 2:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 2:17, so the Greek word ἡμέραις (hêmerais) 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.2.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.17.W6.S1) and character.