Acts 2:8:6Acts.2.8.W6TAB
τῇ
têi
“to the”
- Transliteration
- têi
- Extended
- têi
- IPA
- /tɛːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
têi
- sentence
KAI PÔS hê-MEIS a-KOU-o-men HE-ka-stos têi i-DI-a di-a-LEK-tôi hê-MON en hêi e-ge-NNÊ-thê-men
Exegesis
The dative string te idia dialekto hemon {τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ ἡμῶν | tē̂ idíā dialéktō hēmôn} combines article, possessive adjective, noun, and genitive pronoun to express “in our own language,” stressing personal ownership of a particular dialect.
Root and etymology
pentēkontapi–epsilon–nu–tau–eta–kappa–omicron–nu–tau–alpha
“fifty”
In context — Acts 2:8
And how is it that we each hear in our own language, in which we were born?
About this coordinate
Acts 2:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 2:8, so the Greek word τῇ (têi) 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.2.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.8.W6.S1) and character.