John 4:16:1John.4.16.W1TAB
Λέγει
legei
“He says”
- Transliteration
- LE-gei
- Extended
- LEH-gei
- IPA
- /ˈle.gei/
Meaning by language
- English
- He says
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-gei
- sentence
LE-gei au-TÊ HY-pa-ge PHÔ-nê-son ton AN-dra soo kai el-THE en-THA-de
Exegesis
The verse begins with the present indicative verb legei {Λέγει | Lé-gei} ‘He says’, which, without an explicit noun subject, invokes the preceding narrative context to identify Jesus as the speaker.
Root and etymology
legolambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say, speak”
In context — John 4:16
He says to her, “Go, call your husband , and come here.”
About this coordinate
John 4:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 4:16, so the Greek word Λέγει (legei) 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.4.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.16.W1.S1) and character.