John 15:1:2John.15.1.W2TAB
εἰμι
eimi
“am”
- Transliteration
- EI-mi
- Extended
- EI-mi
- IPA
- /ˈei.mi/
Meaning by language
- English
- am
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
EI-mi
- phraseyour reading level
e-GO EI-mi hê AM-pe-los hê a-lê-thi-NÊ
- sentence
e-GO EI-mi hê AM-pe-los hê a-lê-thi-NÊ KAI ho pa-TÊR mou ho ye-ôr-GOS ES-tin
Exegesis
The verse opens with the emphatic subject-verb sequence egō eimi {Ἐγώ εἰμι | egṓ eimí}, where the explicit pronoun foregrounds Jesus’ self-identification.
Root and etymology
Rootepsilon sigma
“to be, exist”
In context — John 15:1
I am the vine, the one that is true, and My Father is the cultivator.
About this coordinate
John 15:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 15:1, so the Greek word εἰμι (eimi) 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.15.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.15.1.W2.S1) and character.