σε

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 σε

   se

   you
2. clause🔊 Οὐκ ἐγώ σε εἶδον ἐν τῷ κήπῳ μετʼ αὐτοῦ;

   OUK e-GŌ se EI-don en TOI KÊ-pōi met au-TOU

   I not saw you in the garden with him
3. sentence🔊 λέγει εἷς ἐκ τῶν δούλων τοῦ ἀρχιερέως, συγγενὴς ὢν οὗ ἀπέκοψεν Πέτρος τὸ ὠτίον· Οὐκ ἐγώ σε εἶδον ἐν τῷ κήπῳ μετʼ αὐτοῦ;

   LE-YEI HEIS ek tôn DOU-lōn TOU ar-khi-e-RE-ōs syng-ge-NÊS ŌN HOU a-PE-kop-sen PE-tros TO ō-TI-on OUK e-GŌ se EI-don en TOI KÊ-pōi met au-TOU

   one from the servants of the high priest a relative being whose the ear Peter {He} cut off He says I not saw you in the garden with him

Exegesis

In the quoted question, ouk egō se eidon {Οὐκ ἐγώ σε εἶδον | Oúk e-Gṓ se eî-don} fronting ouk {Οὐκ | Oúk} and egō {ἐγώ | e-Gṓ} creates a pointed rhetorical challenge rather than a neutral inquiry.

Root and etymology

erchomai🔊 ἔρχομαιepsilon rho chi omicron mu alpha iota

“to go in, enter”