John 10:9:2John.10.9.W2TAB

εἰμι

eimi

am

Transliteration
EI-mi
Extended
EI-mi
IPA
/ˈei.mi/

Meaning by language

English
am

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Result
εἰ + μι
ei + mi
eimi

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Mum — as in mother
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    EI-mi

  2. sentence

    e-GO EI-mi hê THY-ra di e-MOU e-AN tis ei-SEL-thê sô-THÊ-se-tai KAI ei-se-LEU-se-tai KAI ek-se-LEU-se-tai KAI no-MÊN heu-RÊ-sei

Exegesis

The sentence begins with egō eimi {ἐγώ εἰμι | egṓ eimí} ‘I am,’ where the explicit subject pronoun emphasizes divine self-identification.

Root and etymology

esepsilon sigma

to be, exist

In contextJohn 10:9

I am the door ; through Me, if anyone enters, he will be saved, and he will go in and go out and will find pasture.

About this coordinate

John 10:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 10:9, so the Greek word εἰμι (eimi) 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.10.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.9.W2.S1) and character.