John 10:13:6John.10.13.W6TAB
μέλει
melei
“matter”
- Transliteration
- ME-lei
- Extended
- ME-lei
- IPA
- /ˈme.lei/
Meaning by language
- English
- matter
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ME-lei
- sentence
HO-ti mis-thô-TOS ES-tin KAI ou ME-lei au-TÔ pe-RI TÔN pro-BA-tôn
Exegesis
The impersonal verb mélei {μέλει | mé-lei} ’care, matter’, negated by ou {οὐ | ou} ’not’, conveys absence of caring, with the dative autō {αὐτῷ | au-tō} ’to him’ marking the indifferent person and the prepositional phrase peri tôn probátōn {περὶ τῶν προβάτων | pe-rí tōn pro-bá-tōn} ’concerning the sheep’ specifying the scope of that indifference. English requires supplying the main verb and using idiomatic renditions of impersonal constructions.
In context — John 10:13
He flees because he is a hired hand , and the sheep do not matter to him.
About this coordinate
John 10:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of John 10:13, so the Greek word μέλει (melei) 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 John.10.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.13.W6.S1) and character.