καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   and
2. sentence🔊 οἱ τε βάρβαροι παρεῖχον οὐ τὴν τυχούσαν φιλανθρωπίαν ἡμῖν ἅψαντες γὰρ πυρὰν προσελάβοντο πάντας ἡμᾶς διὰ τὸν ὑετὸν τὸν ἐφεστῶτα καὶ διὰ τὸ ψῦχος

   hoi te BAR-ba-roi pa-REI-khon ou tên ty-KHOU-san phi-lan-thrô-PEE-an hê-MEEN HAP-san-tes gar py-RAN pro-se-LA-bon-to PAN-tas hê-MAS di-A ton hy-e-TON ton e-phes-TÔ-ta KAI di-A to PSY-khos

   the and natives were showing not the ordinary kindness to us having kindled for a fire they welcomed all us because of the rain the that had come on and because of the cold

Exegesis

The two prepositional phrases dia ton hueton ton ephestota kai dia to psuchos {διὰ τὸν ὑετὸν τὸν ἐφεστῶτα καὶ διὰ τὸ ψῦχος | di-Á ton hy-e-TÓN ton e-phe-STÔ-ta kai di-Á to PSÛ-khos} supply the reasons for this action: the rain, further characterized by the perfect participle ephestota “standing over, pressing upon,” and the cold. In English, the emphatic structure “not the ordinary kindness” is preserved to convey the contrast, and the participial and prepositional constructions are rendered with causal connectors (“for,” “because of”) to maintain the logical flow and highlight how harsh conditions elicited remarkable hospitality.