Acts 22:8:5Acts.22.8.W5TAB
εἶ
ei
“are”
- Transliteration
- EI
- Extended
- ei
- IPA
- /ˈei/
Meaning by language
- English
- are
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
EI
- sentence
e-GO de a-pe-KRI-thên TEES EI KY-ree-e ei-PEN te pros e-ME e-GO EI-mi ee-ay-SOOS ho na-zô-ra-IOS hon sy di-Ô-keis
Exegesis
The interrogative sentence tis ei kyrie {Τίς εἶ κύριε | Tís eî kýrie} ‘Who are You, Lord?’
places the interrogative pronoun tis {Τίς | Tís} in initial position for emphasis, with the present tense copula ei {εἶ | eî} linking to the vocative kyrie {κύριε | kýrie}, which marks direct address to a figure recognized as sovereign.
Root and etymology
prosphoneōpi–rho–omicron–sigma–phi–omega–nu–epsilon–omega
“to call to, address”
In context — Acts 22:8
And I answered, “Who are You, Lord ?” And He said to me, “I am Jesus , the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 22:8, so the Greek word εἶ (ei) 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.22.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.8.W5.S1) and character.