τὸν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὸν

   ton

   the
2. sentence🔊 ἀναφάναντες δὲ τὴν Κύπρον καὶ καταλιπόντες αὐτὴν εὐώνυμον ἐπλέομεν εἰς Συρίαν καὶ κατήλθομεν εἰς Τύρον ἐκεῖσε γὰρ τὸ πλοῖον ἦν ἀποφορτιζόμενον τὸν γόμον

   a-na-PHA-nan-tes de tên KY-pron kai ka-ta-li-PON-tes au-TÊN eu-Ô-ny-mon e-PLE-o-men eis sy-RI-an kai ka-TÊL-tho-men eis TY-ron e-KEI-se gar to PLOI-on ÊN a-po-phor-ti-DZO-me-non ton GO-mon

   having sighted and the Cyprus and having left it on the left we sailed to Syria and we came down to Tyre there for the ship was unloading the cargo

Exegesis

In that clause, the imperfect en {ἦν | ên} links to the subject to ploion {τὸ πλοῖον | tò ploîon}, with the present participle apophortizomenon {ἀποφορτιζόμενον | apophortizómenon} governing the object ton gomon {τὸν γόμον | tòn gómon}, literally “being-unloaded the cargo,” which is rendered as “was to unload its cargo” (formal) or “was stopping … to unload what it carried” (dynamic) to convey both the scheduled and ongoing nature of the action. This structure of participial chaining and causal gar-clause is expressed through English subordinate temporal and causal clauses to preserve the sequence of movements and the reason for pausing at Tyre.