John 12:33:7John.12.33.W7TAB
ἤμελλεν
êmellen
“he was about”
- Transliteration
- Ê-MEL-len
- Extended
- AY-MEHL-lehn
- IPA
- /ˈɛː.mel.len/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was about
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
Ê-MEL-len
- sentence
TOU-to de E-le-gen sê-mai-NŌN POI-ō tha-NA-tō Ê-MEL-len a-po-thnÊS-kein
Exegesis
The finite verb emellen {ἤμελλεν | ḗ-mel-len} ‘He was about’ combined with the complementary infinitive apothneskein {ἀποθνῄσκειν | a-po-thnḗ-skein} ‘to die’ expresses imminent, divinely foreseen action that has not yet taken place. In translation, the participial construction is rendered as a finite verb phrase (“indicating” / “to show”) to maintain clarity in English, while the emellen + infinitive structure is captured with “was about to die” / “was going to die,” preserving the sense of impending, certain death and its specific mode.
In context — John 12:33
But He was saying this, indicating by what kind of death He was about to die .
About this coordinate
John 12:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 12:33, so the Greek word ἤμελλεν (êmellen) 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.12.33.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.33.W7.S1) and character.