John 3:8:11John.3.8.W11TAB
ἀλλʼ
al
“but”
- Transliteration
- al
- Extended
- ahl
- IPA
- /al/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law |
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to PNEU-ma HO-pou THE-lei PNEI kai TÊN phô-NÊN au-TOU a-KOU-eis al ouk OI-das PO-then ER-khe-tai kai POU hy-PA-gei HOU-tōs es-TIN PÂS ho ge-ge-nnê-ME-nos ek TOU PNEU-ma-tos
Exegesis
`Allʼ ouk oidas {ἀλλʼ οὐκ οἶδας | allá ouk oî-das} ‘but you do not know’` marks the epistemic limit, and the paired interrogatives `pothen {πόθεν | pó-then} ‘from where’` and `pou {ποῦ | poû} ‘where’`, joined to `erchetai {ἔρχεται | ér-che-tai} ‘comes’ and `hypagei {ὑπάγει | hy-pá-gei} ‘goes’`, frame origin and destination as hidden.
In context — John 3:8
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know from where it comes or where it goes. So it is with everyone who has been born of the Spirit .
About this coordinate
John 3:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of John 3:8, so the Greek word ἀλλʼ (al) 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.3.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (John.3.8.W11.S1) and character.