τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   the
2. sentence🔊 καθεζόμενος δέ τις νεανίας ὀνόματι Εὔτυχος ἐπὶ τῆς θυρίδος καταφερόμενος ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ διαλεγομένου τοῦ Παύλου ἐπὶ πλεῖον κατενεχθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου ἔπεσεν ἀπὸ τοῦ τριστέγου κάτω καὶ ἤρθη νεκρός

   ka-the-ZO-me-nos DE tis ne-a-NEE-as o-NO-ma-ti EU-TY-khos e-PI TÊS thy-REE-dos ka-ta-phe-RO-me-nos HY-pnō ba-THEI di-a-le-go-ME-nou tou PAU-lou e-PI PLEI-on ka-te-nekh-THEIS a-PO tou HY-pnou E-pe-sen a-PO tou tris-TE-gou KA-tō kai ÊR-thē ne-KROS

   sitting and a certain young man by name Eutychus at the window being carried down by sleep deep as was speaking of the Paul for more having been overcome from the sleep he fell from the third story down and he was taken up dead

Exegesis

The genitive absolute-like construction dialegomenou tou Paulou {διαλεγομένου τοῦ Παύλου | dialegoménou tou Paúlou} “as Paul was speaking” with epi pleion {ἐπὶ πλεῖον | epí pleîon} “for a longer time” provides temporal background, indicating that the extended discourse contributes to his fatigue.

The main finite verb epesen {ἔπεσεν | épesen} “he fell” resumes the narrative, framed by the prepositional phrase apo tou tristēgou kato {ἀπὸ τοῦ τριστέγου κάτω | apó tou tristégou kátō} “from the third story down,” emphasizing both height and downward motion.