John 20:15:6John.20.15.W6TAB
κλαίεις;
klaieis
“are you weeping”
- Transliteration
- KLAI-eis
- Extended
- KLAI-eis
- IPA
- /ˈklai.eːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- are you weeping
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KLAI-eis
- phraseyour reading level
TI KLAI-eis
- clause
GY-nai TI KLAI-eis
- sentence
LE-yei au-TÊI ee-ay-SOOS GY-nai TI KLAI-eis
Exegesis
The paired questions ti klaieis {τί κλαίεις | tí klái-eis} ‘why are you weeping?’
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.
Root and etymology
klaiōkappa lambda alpha iota omega
“to weep, lament aloud”
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 20:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of John 20:15, so the Greek word κλαίεις; (klaieis) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.15.W6.S1) and character.