John 4:12:24John.4.12.W24TAB
τὰ
ta
“{the}”
- Transliteration
- ta
- Extended
- ta
- IPA
- /ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- {the}
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
Tap any key to hear its pronunciation
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ta
- sentence
MÊ SY MEI-dzōn EI tou pa-TROS hê-MON ia-KŌB HOS E-dŌ-ken hê-MIN to PHRE-ar KAI au-TOS eks au-TOU E-pi-en KAI hoi hyi-OI au-TOU KAI ta THREM-ma-ta au-TOU
Exegesis
The coordinated additions kai hoi huioi autou kai ta thremmata autou {καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ θρέμματα αὐτοῦ | kaí hoí huioí autoû kaí tà thrémmata autoû} form a compound subject of fellow drinkers (“his sons and his livestock”), expanding the honor and usefulness of the well to Jacob’s entire household. In translation, the central comparative question is preserved, with the relative and coordinated clauses rendered as descriptive expansions that keep the focus on Jacob’s status and the well’s communal significance.
Root and etymology
erchomaiepsilon–rho–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to come, to go”
In context — John 4:12
Are you greater than our father Jacob , who gave us the well , and he himself drank from it, as did his sons and his livestock?
About this coordinate
John 4:12:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of John 4:12, so the Greek word τὰ (ta) 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.4.12.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.12.W24.S1) and character.