Acts 24:4:3Acts.24.4.W3TAB

μὴ

not

Transliteration
Extended
MÊÊ
IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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  2. phraseyour reading level

    HI-na DE MÊ e-PI plei-ON se en-GKO-ptō

  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

The verse opens with plen de mē epi pleion se engkopto {πλὴν δὲ μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖόν σε ἐγκόπτω | plēn dè mḕ epì pleîon se engkóptō}, where plen de “however” marks a concessive transition and mē epi pleion functions adverbially as “not to detain you further.” The prepositional phrase epi pleion intensifies the sense of undue prolongation.

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 24:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 24:4, 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.24.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.4.W3.S1) and character.