John 20:15:1John.20.15.W1TAB
λέγει
leyei
“says”
- Transliteration
- LE-yei
- Extended
- LEH-yei
- IPA
- /ˈle.ʝiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- says
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-yei
- clause
LE-yei au-TÊI ee-ay-SOOS
- sentence
LE-yei au-TÊI ee-ay-SOOS GY-nai TI KLAI-eis
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the historical present legei {λέγει | lé-gei} ‘says’ followed by the indirect object autē {αὐτῇ | au-tē̂} ‘to her’ and the subject Iesous {Ἰησοῦς | Iē-soûs} ‘Jesus’, a common Greek arrangement smoothed into English while retaining immediacy.
The second speech frame legei autō {λέγει αὐτῷ | lé-gei au-tôi} ‘says to him’ again uses the historical present, but English benefits from past-tense narration for completed actions.
Root and etymology
legōlambda epsilon gamma omega
“to say, speak”
In context — John 20:15
Jesus says to her, “Woman, why are you weeping ? Whom are you seeking?” She, supposing that He was the gardener, says to Him, “Sir, if you carried Him away, tell me where you laid Him, and I will take Him away.”
About this coordinate
John 20:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 20:15, so the Greek word λέγει (leyei) 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.20.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.15.W1.S1) and character.