ἦς

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἦς

   ÊS

   had been
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 εἰ ἦς ὧδε οὐκ ἄν ⸂μου ἀπέθανεν⸃ ὁ ἀδελφός.

   ei ÊS HÔ-de ouk AN mou a-PE-tha-nen ho a-del-PHOS

   if had been here my {∅} brother would not have died
3. clause🔊 Κύριε, εἰ ἦς ὧδε οὐκ ἄν ⸂μου ἀπέθανεν⸃ ὁ ἀδελφός.

   KY-ree-e ei ÊS HÔ-de ouk AN mou a-PE-tha-nen ho a-del-PHOS

   Lord if had been here my {∅} brother would not have died
4. sentence🔊 ἡ οὖν ⸀Μαριὰμ ὡς ἦλθεν ὅπου ⸀ἦν Ἰησοῦς ἰδοῦσα αὐτὸν ἔπεσεν αὐτοῦ ⸀πρὸς τοὺς πόδας, λέγουσα αὐτῷ· Κύριε, εἰ ἦς ὧδε οὐκ ἄν ⸂μου ἀπέθανεν⸃ ὁ ἀδελφός.

   hê OON ma-ri-AM hôs ÊL-then HO-pou ÊN ee-ay-SOOS i-DOU-sa au-TON E-pe-sen au-TOU PROS TOUS PO-das LE-gou-sa au-TÔ KY-ree-e ei ÊS HÔ-de ouk AN mou a-PE-tha-nen ho a-del-PHOS

   then {the} Mary when {she} came where Jesus {he} was having seen him {she} fell at his {∅} feet saying to him Lord if had been here my {∅} brother would not have died

Exegesis

The protasis ei es hode {εἰ ἦς ὧδε | ei ḗs hôde} ‘if You had been here’ uses the imperfect es {ἦς | ḗs} to indicate an unreal condition in past time.

Root and etymology

adelphos🔊 ἀδελφόςalpha delta epsilon lambda phi omicron sigma

“sibling from the same womb”

• 🔊 ἀδελφόςadelphosbrotherRomans 1:13
• 🔊 ἀδελφότηςadelphotēsbrotherhood1 Peter 2:17