μεσονυκτίου

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 μεσονυκτίου

   me-so-nyk-TI-ou

   of midnight
2. sentence🔊 Ἐν δὲ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων συνηγμένων ἡμῶν κλάσαι ἄρτον ὁ Παῦλος διελέγετο αὐτοῖς μέλλων ἐξιέναι τῇ ἐπαύριον παρέτεινέν τε τὸν λόγον μέχρι μεσονυκτίου

   en de tê mi-AI tôn sab-BA-tōn sy-nêg-ME-nōn hê-MON KLA-sai AR-ton ho PAU-los di-e-LE-ge-to au-TOIS MEL-lōn ek-si-E-nai tê e-PAU-ri-on pa-RE-tei-nen te ton LO-gon ME-khri me-so-nyk-TI-ou

   in and the first of the Sabbaths having been gathered of us to break bread the Paul was speaking to them intending to go out the next day he extended and the word until of midnight

Exegesis

The aorist verb pareteinen {παρέτεινέν | paréteinen} combined with te and the object ton logon {τὸν λόγον | tón lógon} forms a coordinated clause “and he extended the message,” with the telic prepositional phrase mechri mesonyktiou {μέχρι μεσονυκτίου | méchri mesonyktíou} marking the limit of this activity “until midnight.” In translation, the genitive absolute is rendered as a finite temporal clause, the purpose infinitive remains an English infinitive “to break,” and the aspectual nuance of the imperfect and the aorist is reflected through “was conversing” and “extended/continued,” preserving both the durative and summarizing features of the Greek verbal sequence.