Acts 27:33:16Acts.27.33.W16TAB
ἡμέραν
hêmeran
“day”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-ran
- Extended
- hêh-MEH-rahn
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.ran/
Meaning by language
- English
- day
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-ran
- sentence
A-khri DE hou hê-ME-ra Ê-me-llen GI-neS-thai pa-re-KA-lei ho PAU-los HA-pan-tas me-ta-la-BEIN tro-PHÊS LE-gōn teS-sa-res-kai-de-KA-tên SÊ-me-ron hê-ME-ran pros-do-KÔN-tes A-si-toi di-a-te-LEI-te mê-THEN pros-la-BO-me-noi
Exegesis
Within the direct speech, Tessareskaidekátēn sēmeron hēméran {Τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην σήμερον ἡμέραν | Tessareskaidekátēn sḗmeron hēméran} foregrounds duration by placing the ordinal and temporal adverb at the start.
Root and etymology
hemer-eta–mu–epsilon–rho
“day, period of daylight”
In context — Acts 27:33
As the new day was on the verge of dawning, Paul urged them all to eat , saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have endured suspense and gone without food, taking nothing.”
About this coordinate
Acts 27:33:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 27:33, so the Greek word ἡμέραν (hêmeran) 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.27.33.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.33.W16.S1) and character.