τῷ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῷ

   tôi

   to the
2. sentence🔊 ἔρχεται ὁ Φίλιππος καὶ λέγει τῷ Ἀνδρέᾳ ἔρχεται Ἀνδρέας καὶ Φίλιππος καὶ λέγουσιν τῷ Ἰησοῦ

   ER-khe-tai ho PHI-lip-pos KAI LE-gei tôi an-DRE-ai ER-khe-tai an-DRE-as KAI PHI-lip-pos KAI LE-gou-sin tôi ee-AY-SOO

   he comes the Philip and he says to the Andrew he comes Andrew and Philip and they say to the Jesus

Exegesis

The first begins with verb–subject order, erchetai ho Philippos {ἔρχεται ὁ Φίλιππος | ér-khe-tai ho Phí-lip-pos} “Philip comes,” followed by the coordinated verb and indirect object, kai legei tō Andrea {καὶ λέγει τῷ Ἀνδρέᾳ | kaí lé-gei tô An-dré-a(i)} “and says to Andrew.”

The second clause resumes with erchetai {ἔρχεται | ér-khe-tai} plus the compound subject Andreas kai Philippos {Ἀνδρέας καὶ Φίλιππος | An-dré-as kaí Phí-lip-pos}, followed by the plural verb legousin {λέγουσιν | lé-gou-sin} and the dative indirect object tō Iesou {τῷ Ἰησοῦ | tô Iē-soû} “to Jesus.” The repetition of erchetai without an intervening conjunction creates a tight narrative linkage and highlights the sequence of movement: first toward Andrew, then together toward Jesus. The shift from singular legei to plural legousin marks the transition from Philip’s individual initiative to the joint action of both disciples. In translation, the Greek verb–subject pattern is adjusted to standard English subject–verb order for clarity, and temporal connectors such as “then” and “afterward” are introduced to make explicit the sequential relationship implied by the Greek syntax, while preserving the indirect objects as recipients of the disciples’ speech.

Root and etymology

ptōch-🔊 πτωχ-pi–tau–omega–chi

“poor, destitute”

• 🔊 πτωχείαptō-kheí-apovertyLuke 21:4