John 12:30:6John.12.30.W6TAB
διʼ
di
“because of”
- Transliteration
- di
- Extended
- dee
- IPA
- /di/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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di
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê ee-ay-SOOS KAI EI-pen ou di e-ME hê phô-NÊ HAU-tê GE-go-nen al-LA di hy-MAS
Exegesis
The clause opens with the negated prepositional phrase Ou di' eme {Οὐ διʼ ἐμὲ | Ou di' e-me} “not because of Me,” where the placement of the emphatic pronoun eme before the subject phrase shifts attention away from Jesus as the beneficiary.
The adversative alla {ἀλλὰ | al-lá} introduces a sharp contrast, followed by the parallel prepositional phrase di' hymas {διʼ ὑμᾶς | di' hy-mâs} “for you,” which mirrors di' eme and clarifies that the true intended beneficiaries are the listeners. This balanced structure (not for Me / but for you) creates a rhetorical contrast that highlights Jesus’ role as interpreter of the heavenly sign and underscores the pedagogical purpose of the divine voice for the audience. In translation, this contrastive parallelism is preserved with “not for My sake, but for your sake,” maintaining the focus on purpose and beneficiary while reflecting the Greek word order in a natural English clause.
Root and etymology
diakoneōdelta–iota–alpha–kappa–omicron–nu–epsilon–omega
“to serve, attend to”
In context — John 12:30
Jesus answered and said, “This voice did not come for My sake, but for your sake.”
About this coordinate
John 12:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of John 12:30, so the Greek word διʼ (di) 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.12.30.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.30.W6.S1) and character.