γηράσῃς,

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 γηράσῃς,

   yê-RA-sêis

   you grow old
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ὅταν δὲ γηράσῃς,

   HO-tan de yê-RA-sêis

   when but you grow old
3. clause🔊 ὅταν δὲ γηράσῃς, ἐκτενεῖς τὰς χεῖράς σου, καὶ ἄλλος ⸂σε ζώσει⸃ καὶ οἴσει ὅπου οὐ θέλεις.

   HO-tan de yê-RA-sêis ek-te-NEIS tas KHEI-RAS soo KAI AL-los se ZÔ-sei KAI OI-sei HO-poo oo THE-leis

   when but you grow old you will stretch out the hands your and another you will gird and will carry where not you want
4. sentence🔊 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, ὅτε ἦς νεώτερος, ἐζώννυες σεαυτὸν καὶ περιεπάτεις ὅπου ἤθελες· ὅταν δὲ γηράσῃς, ἐκτενεῖς τὰς χεῖράς σου, καὶ ἄλλος ⸂σε ζώσει⸃ καὶ οἴσει ὅπου οὐ θέλεις.

   a-MÊN a-MÊN LE-go soi HO-te ÊS ne-Ô-te-ros e-ZÔN-ny-es se-au-TON KAI pe-ri-e-PA-teis HO-poo Ê-THE-les HO-tan de yê-RA-sêis ek-te-NEIS tas KHEI-RAS soo KAI AL-los se ZÔ-sei KAI OI-sei HO-poo oo THE-leis

   truly truly I say to you when you were younger you used to gird yourself and you used to walk where you wanted when but you grow old you will stretch out the hands your and another you will gird and will carry where not you want

Exegesis

The first temporal clause hóte ēs {ὅτε ἦς | hóte ēs} with imperfect verbs ezōnnuēs {ἐζώννυες | ezōnnuēs}, periepatēis {περιεπάτεις | periepatēis}, and ētheles {ἤθελες | ētheles} depicts habitual past freedom of action.

The second condition hotán dè gērasēs {ὅταν δὲ γηράσῃς | hotán dè gērasēs} shifts to an indefinite future stage, with the aorist subjunctive marking potential aging.