Acts 21:34:9Acts.21.34.W9TAB

μὴ

not

Transliteration
Extended
MAY
IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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    AL-loi DE AL-lo ti e-pe-PHO-noun en tôi O-khloi MÊ dy-na-ME-nou DE au-TOU GNÔ-nai to a-spha-LES di-A ton THO-ry-bon e-KE-leu-sen A-ges-thai au-TON eis tên pa-rem-bo-LÊN

Exegesis

A genitive absolute clause mē dynaménou de autoû gnōnai {μὴ δυναμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ γνῶναι | mē dynaménou dè autoû gnōnai} ‘since he was not able to know’ provides the causal basis for the ensuing command, with the infinitive gnōnai functioning as the complement of dynaménou.

Root and etymology

euthydromeōepsilon–upsilon–theta–upsilon–delta–rho–omicron–mu–epsilon–omega

to run a straight course, sail directly

In contextActs 21:34

Some in the crowd shouted one thing and others another; and since he could not learn what was certain because of the uproar , he commanded that he be taken into the barracks.

About this coordinate

Acts 21:34:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 21:34, so the Greek word μὴ () 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.21.34.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.34.W9.S1) and character.