Acts 24:4:14Acts.24.4.W14TAB

σῇ

sêi

your

Transliteration
sêi
Extended
sêi
IPA
/sɛːi/

Meaning by language

English
your

Alphabet Analysis

Sigmas — as in sit
Etai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    sêi

  2. phraseyour reading level

    pa-ra-ka-LO a-KOU-SAI se hê-MON syn-TO-mōs têi sêi e-pi-ei-KEI-ai

  3. sentence

    HI-na DE MÊ e-PI plei-ON se en-GKO-ptō pa-ra-ka-LO a-KOU-SAI se hê-MON syn-TO-mōs têi sêi e-pi-ei-KEI-ai

Exegesis

Finally, the dative instrument phrase te sē epieikeia {τῇ σῇ ἐπιεικείᾳ | tê sē epieikeíā} “by your clemency” underscores that the request rests on the judge’s accustomed fairness, placed at the sentence’s end for heightened emphasis.

Root and etymology

dynamaidý-na-ma-i

to be able, to have power

In contextActs 24:4

Yet, so that I may not burden you further , I ask, by your clemency , that you hear us in a few brief words.

About this coordinate

Acts 24:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 24:4, so the Greek word σῇ (sêi) 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.24.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.4.W14.S1) and character.