Acts 7:39:8Acts.7.39.W8TAB

ἡμῶν

hêmon

our

Transliteration
hê-MON
Academic
hēmōn
Extended
hay-MOHN
IPA
/hɛːˈmɔːn/

Meaning by language

English
our

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Result
ἡ + μῶν
hê + mon
hêmon

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Mum — as in mother
Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    hê-MON

  2. sentence

    hô ouk ê-THEE-lê-san hy-PÊ-ko-oi ge-NES-thai hoi pa-TE-res hê-MON al-LA a-PÔ-san-to kai e-STRA-phê-san en tais kar-DI-ais au-TÔN eis AI-gy-pton

Exegesis

The subject phrase hoi pateres hēmōn {οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν | hoi pa-té-res hē-môn} appears after the infinitive, slightly delaying identification of the agents and keeping initial focus on their stance toward the one addressed.

In contextActs 7:39

To whom our fathers were not willing to be obedient, but they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt .

About this coordinate

Acts 7:39:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 7:39, so the Greek word ἡμῶν (hêmon) 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.7.39.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.7.39.W8.S1) and character.