John 19:32:10John.19.32.W10TAB
τὰ
ta
“the”
- Transliteration
- TA
- Extended
- TA
- IPA
- /ta/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
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- phraseyour reading level
KAI TOU MEN PRÔ-tou ka-TE-a-ksan TA SKE-lê KAI TOU AL-lou TOU sy-stau-rô-THEN-tos au-TÔ
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ÊL-thon OUN hoi stra-ti-Ô-tai KAI TOU MEN PRÔ-tou ka-TE-a-ksan TA SKE-lê KAI TOU AL-lou TOU sy-stau-rô-THEN-tos au-TÔ
Exegesis
The aorist verb kateaxan {κατέαξαν | ka-té-a-xan} ‘they broke’ takes as its object ta skele {τὰ σκέλη | ta ské-lē} ‘the legs’, depicting a single, completed, and violent act performed on each victim.
Root and etymology
stratiotessigma–tau–rho–alpha–tau–iota–omega–tau–eta–sigma
“soldier, enlisted man”
In context — John 19:32
Therefore the soldiers came, and they broke the legs of the first man and of the other who had been crucified with Him .
About this coordinate
John 19:32:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of John 19:32, so the Greek word τὰ (ta) 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.19.32.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.32.W10.S1) and character.