James 3:8:5Jas.3.8.W5TAB
δαμάσαι
damasai
“to tame”
- Transliteration
- da-MA-sai
- Extended
- dah-MA-sai
- IPA
- /daˈma.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to tame
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
da-MA-sai
- sentence
tên de GLŌS-san ou-de-EIS da-MA-sai DY-na-tai an-THRŌ-pōn a-ka-TA-sta-ton ka-KON mes-TÊ i-OU tha-na-tē-PHO-rou
Exegesis
The phrase oudeis dynatai damasai {οὐδεὶς δαμάσαι δύναται | ou-deìs da-má-sai dý-na-tai} establishes a negated ability construction, with the infinitive damasai as complement to the verb dynatai and oudeis as its subject.
In context — James 3:8
But the tongue no one among humans is able to tame; it is an unstable evil, full of deadly poison .
About this coordinate
James 3:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of James 3:8, so the Greek word δαμάσαι (damasai) 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 Jas.3.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.3.8.W5.S1) and character.