τῷ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῷ

   tôi

   to the
2. sentence🔊 ὡς δὲ πλείους ἡμέρας διέτριβον ἐκεῖ ὁ Φῆστος τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀνέθετο τὰ κατὰ τὸν Παῦλον λέγων Ἀνήρ τίς ἐστιν καταλελειμμένος ὑπὸ Φήλικος δέσμιος

   hōs de PLEI-ous hê-ME-ras di-E-tri-bon e-KEI ho PHÊS-tos tôi ba-si-LEI a-NE-the-to ta ka-TA ton PAU-lon LE-gōn a-NÊR TIS es-TIN ka-ta-le-lei-ME-nos hy-PO PHÊ-li-kos DES-mi-os

   as and more days they were staying there the Festus to the king presented the concerning the Paul saying a man a certain is having been left by Felix a prisoner

Exegesis

The narrative then moves to the main reporting clause ho Phestos tō basilei anetheto ta kata ton Paulon {ὁ Φῆστος τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀνέθετο τὰ κατὰ τὸν Παῦλον | ho Phês-tos tō̂ ba-si-leî a-né-the-to ta ka-tà ton Paû-lon}, with ho Phestos as subject, anetheto as the aorist middle verb of formal reporting, tō basilei as the dative indirect object “to the king,” and ta kata ton Paulon as a neuter substantive phrase meaning “the matters concerning Paul,” using kata with the accusative in a technical, often legal sense.