ἔνιψεν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἔνιψεν

   E-nip-sen

   he washed
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 Ὅτε οὖν ἔνιψεν τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν ⸀καὶ ἔλαβεν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ⸂καὶ ἀνέπεσεν⸃,

   HO-te OON E-nip-sen TOOS PO-das au-TON KAI E-la-ben TA hi-MA-ti-a au-TOU KAI a-NE-pe-sen

   therefore When the feet of them he washed and the garments of him he took and he reclined
3. clause🔊 Ὅτε οὖν ἔνιψεν τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν ⸀καὶ ἔλαβεν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ⸂καὶ ἀνέπεσεν⸃, πάλιν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·

   HO-te OON E-nip-sen TOOS PO-das au-TON KAI E-la-ben TA hi-MA-ti-a au-TOU KAI a-NE-pe-sen PA-lin EI-pen au-TOIS

   therefore When the feet of them he washed and the garments of him he took and he reclined again he said to them
4. sentence🔊 Ὅτε οὖν ἔνιψεν τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν ⸀καὶ ἔλαβεν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ⸂καὶ ἀνέπεσεν⸃, πάλιν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Γινώσκετε τί πεποίηκα ὑμῖν;

   HO-te OON E-nip-sen TOOS PO-das au-TON KAI E-la-ben TA hi-MA-ti-a au-TOU KAI a-NE-pe-sen PA-lin EI-pen au-TOIS yi-NO-ske-te TI pe-POI-e-ka hy-MIN

   therefore When the feet of them he washed and the garments of him he took and he reclined again he said to them Do you understand what I have done to you

Exegesis

A series of aorist indicative verbs—enipsen {ἔνιψεν | É-nip-sen} ‘he washed’, elaben {ἔλαβεν | É-la-ben} ‘he took’, anepesen {ἀνέπεσεν | a-NÉ-pe-sen} ‘he reclined’—presents sequential, completed actions that move the scene from the act of washing to the resumption of the meal.