Acts 25:27:13Acts.25.27.W13TAB
σημᾶναι
sêmanai
“to indicate”
- Transliteration
- sê-MA-nai
- Extended
- say-MAH-nai
- IPA
- /sɛːˈma.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to indicate
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
sê-MA-nai
- sentence
A-lo-gon GAR moi do-KEI PEM-pon-ta DES-mi-on MÊ KAI tas kat au-TOU ai-TEE-as sê-MA-nai
Exegesis
The participial phrase pemponta desmion {πέμποντα δέσμιον | pém-pon-ta dés-mi-on} “sending a prisoner” is an accusative participle with its object, dependent on the infinitive semanai {σημᾶναι | sē-má-nai} “to signify,” forming an infinitival complement to dokei that expresses what is judged to be unreasonable.
In context — Acts 25:27
For it seems unreasonable to me, when sending a prisoner, not also to indicate the charges against him.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:27:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 25:27, so the Greek word σημᾶναι (sêmanai) 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.25.27.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.27.W13.S1) and character.