Acts 20:9:28Acts.20.9.W28TAB
ἤρθη
êrthē
“he was taken up”
- Transliteration
- ÊR-thē
- Extended
- ÊR-thê
- IPA
- /ˈɛːr.tʰɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was taken up
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ÊR-thē
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The clause concludes with kai ērtē nekros {καὶ ἤρθη νεκρός | kaí ḗrthē nekrós}, a passive “he was taken up dead,” which reports the condition in which others found him. English rendering maintains the participial sequencing by using temporal and circumstantial clauses (“being overcome,” “as Paul was speaking,” “having been overcome”), thereby preserving the Greek progression from setting, to gradual drowsiness, to sudden fall, and final result.
In context — Acts 20:9
And a certain young man by the name of Eutychus was sitting in the window , being overcome by deep sleep as Paul was speaking at length. Having been overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead .
About this coordinate
Acts 20:9:28 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 28 of Acts 20:9, so the Greek word ἤρθη (êrthē) 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.20.9.W28, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.9.W28.S1) and character.