John 4:10:23John.4.10.W23TAB
ᾔτησας
êitêsas
“{you} would have asked”
- Transliteration
- ÊI-tê-sas
- Extended
- ÊI-tê-sahs
- IPA
- /ˈɛːi.tɛː.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- {you} would have asked
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ÊI-tê-sas
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê ee-ay-SOOS KAI EI-pen au-TÊ ei ÊI-deis TÊN dô-re-AN tou the-OU KAI TIS ES-tin HO LE-GÔN SOI DOS MOI PEIN SY AN ÊI-tê-sas au-TON KAI E-dô-ken AN SOI HY-DÔR DZÔN
Exegesis
In the apodosis, su an etesas auton {σὺ ἂν ᾔτησας αὐτὸν | sỳ àn ḗ-tē-sas au-tón} and edoken an soi {ἔδωκεν ἄν σοι | É-dō-ken án soi} each combine an aorist indicative with the modal particle an {ἄν | án}, marking potential action in this unreal situation: “you would have asked… and He would have given…”.
In context — John 4:10
Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God , and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
About this coordinate
John 4:10:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of John 4:10, so the Greek word ᾔτησας (êitêsas) 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.4.10.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.10.W23.S1) and character.