Acts 21:39:7Acts.21.39.W7TAB
μέν
men
“indeed”
- Transliteration
- MEN
- Extended
- MEHN
- IPA
- /ˈmen/
Meaning by language
- English
- indeed
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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MEN
- sentence
EI-pen de ho PAU-los e-GÔ AN-thrô-pos MEN EI-mi iou-DAI-os tar-SEUS tês ki-li-KI-as ouk a-SÊ-mou PO-le-ôs po-LI-tês DE-o-mai DE sou e-PI-trep-SON moi la-LÊ-sai pros ton la-ON
Exegesis
Paul’s self-identification begins with ego {Ἐγώ | Egṓ} anthropos {ἄνθρωπος | án-thrō-pos} men {μέν | mén} eimi {εἰμι | eimí} ioudaios {Ἰουδαῖος | Iou-daî-os} tarseus {Ταρσεὺς | Tar-seús}, blending an emphatic pronoun, nominative apposition, and the reinforcing particle men to underscore his human and ethnic status.
Root and etymology
menomu–epsilon–nu–omega
“to remain, abide”
In context — Acts 21:39
But Paul said, “I am a man, a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, and a citizen of no insignificant city. I beseech you; allow me to speak to the crowd .”
About this coordinate
Acts 21:39:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 21:39, so the Greek word μέν (men) 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.21.39.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.39.W7.S1) and character.