Acts 23:22:10Acts.23.22.W10TAB

ἐκλαλῆσαι

eklalêsai

to tell

Transliteration
ek-la-LÊ-sai
Extended
ehk-lah-LAY-sai
IPA
/ek.laˈlɛː.sai/

Meaning by language

English
to tell

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Result
ἐκ + λα + λῆ + σαι
ek + la + lê + sai
eklalêsai

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Kappak — as in kite
Lambdal — as in law
Alphaah — as in father
Lambdal — as in law
Etai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    ek-la-LÊ-sai

  2. sentence

    ho men oun khi-LEE-ar-khos a-PE-ly-se ton ne-a-NEE-skon pa-ra-NGAY-las mê-de-NEE ek-la-LÊ-sai HO-ti TAU-ta e-ne-PHA-ni-sas pros e-ME

Exegesis

The content of the instruction is expressed by the infinitival clause medeni eklalesai {μηδενὶ ἐκλαλῆσαι | mēdení eklalêsai} “to tell out to no one,” where medeni “to no one” is a dative complement to the infinitive, and the combination functions as a negative command indirectly reported.

In contextActs 23:22

So the tribune released the young man, after instructing him to tell no one that you have made these things known to me.

About this coordinate

Acts 23:22:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 23:22, so the Greek word ἐκλαλῆσαι (eklalêsai) 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.23.22.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.22.W10.S1) and character.