αὐτόν,

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 αὐτόν,

   au-TON

   him
2. clause🔊 Κύριε, εἰ σὺ ἐβάστασας, αὐτόν, εἰπέ μοι ποῦ ἔθηκας, αὐτόν, κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἀρῶ.

   KY-ri-e ei SY e-BAS-ta-sas au-TON ei-PE moi POU E-thê-kas au-TON ka-GÔ au-TON a-RÔ

   Lord if you have carried away him tell to me where have laid him and I him will take
3. sentence🔊 ἐκείνη δοκοῦσα ὅτι ὁ κηπουρός ἐστιν λέγει αὐτῷ· Κύριε, εἰ σὺ ἐβάστασας, αὐτόν, εἰπέ μοι ποῦ ἔθηκας, αὐτόν, κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἀρῶ.

   e-KEI-nê do-KOU-sa HO-ti ho kê-pou-ROS E-stin LE-yei au-TÔI KY-ri-e ei SY e-BAS-ta-sas au-TON ei-PE moi POU E-thê-kas au-TON ka-GÔ au-TON a-RÔ

   she supposing that the gardener is says to him Lord if you have carried away him tell to me where have laid him and I him will take

Exegesis

The conditional clause ei sy ebastasas auton {εἰ σὺ ἐβάστασας αὐτόν | ei sý e-bás-ta-sas au-tón} ‘if you carried him’ introduces a hypothetical, followed by the imperative eipe moi {εἰπέ μοι | ei-pé moi} ‘tell me’ and the interrogative pou ethēkas auton {ποῦ ἔθηκας αὐτόν | poû é-thē-kas au-tón} ‘where you laid him’, which preserve urgency.

The closing clause kago auton arō {κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἀρῶ | ka-gṓ au-tòn a-rō̂} ‘and I will lift him up’ combines coordination with first-person future resolve, making her promise emphatic. The structure thus moves from questioning to mistaken supposition to determined resolve in a compact dialogue.