ἡ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἡ

   hê

   the
2. sentence🔊 περιπεσόντες δὲ εἰς τόπον διθάλασσον ἐπέκειλαν τὴν ναῦν καὶ ἡ μὲν πρῷρα ἐρείσασα ἔμεινεν ἀσάλευτος ἡ δὲ πρύμνα ἐλύετο ὑπὸ τῆς βίας

   pe-ri-pe-SON-tes de eis TO-pon di-THA-las-son e-PE-kei-lan tên NAUN kai hê men PROI-ra e-REI-sa-sa E-mei-nen a-SA-leu-tos hê de PRYM-na e-LY-e-to hy-PO tês BI-as

   having fallen into but into a place between two seas they ran aground the ship and the indeed bow having struck remained immovable the but stern was being broken up by the force

Exegesis

A men...de {μὲν...δὲ | men...de} contrast then divides the narrative: in the first clause the subject hē prōra {ἡ πρῷρα | hē prôra} ‘the bow’ is modified by the participle ereisasa {ἐρείσασα | ereísasa} and the finite verb emeinen {ἔμεινεν | émeinen} with the adjective asáleutos {ἀσάλευτος | asáleutos}, illustrating stability and immovability.

In the second clause the subject hē prýmna {ἡ πρύμνα | hē prýmna} ‘the stern’ with the imperfect eluéto {ἐλύετο | elúeto} ‘was being broken up’ conveys ongoing destruction.

Root and etymology

krinō🔊 κρίνωkappa–rho–iota–nu–omega

“to judge, decide”