Acts 21:26:9Acts.21.26.W9TAB
ἡμέρᾳ
hêmerai
“day”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-rai
- Extended
- hay-MEH-rai
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.rai/
Meaning by language
- English
- day
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-rai
- sentence
TO-te ho PAU-los pa-ra-la-BŌN tous AN-dras tê e-kho-ME-nêi hê-ME-rai syn au-TOIS ha-gni-stheIS ei-SÊI-ei eis to hi-e-RON di-ang-GE-lōn tēn ek-PLÊ-rō-sin tôn hê-me-RŌN tou ha-gni-SMOU HE-ōs hou pro-sê-NEKH-thê hy-PER he-NOS he-KAS-tou au-TÔN hê pros-pho-RA
Exegesis
The dative phrase tē echomenē hēmera {τῇ ἐχομένῃ ἡμέρᾳ | tē e-kho-mé-nē hē-mé-rā} functions as a temporal marker “on the next day.”
Root and etymology
hēmer-eta–mu–epsilon–rho
“day, daylight”
In context — Acts 21:26
Then Paul took the men, and on the next day, having purified himself with them, he entered the temple, announcing the fulfillment of the days of purification until the offering was presented for each one of them.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:26:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 21:26, so the Greek word ἡμέρᾳ (hêmerai) 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.21.26.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.26.W9.S1) and character.