John 4:21:7John.4.21.W7TAB

γύναι

gynai

woman

Transliteration
GY-nai
Extended
GY-nai
IPA
/ˈgy.nai/

Meaning by language

English
woman

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Result
γύ + ναι
gy + nai
gynai

Alphabet Analysis

Gammagh — guttural
Upsiloni — as in machine
Nun — as in new
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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  1. word

    GY-nai

  2. sentence

    LE-gei au-TÊI ho ee-ay-SOOS PI-steu-e moi GY-nai HO-ti ER-khe-tai HÔ-ra HO-te OO-te en tôi O-rei TOU-toi OO-te en hi-e-ro-so-LY-mois pros-ky-NÊ-se-te tôi pa-TRI

Exegesis

The dative pronoun autē {αὐτῇ | au-tê} marks the indirect object “to her,” linking the narrative frame to the Samaritan woman addressed by the vocative gynai {γύναι | gý-nai}, which in this context functions as a respectful form of address rather than a rebuke.

In contextJohn 4:21

Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father .”

About this coordinate

John 4:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 4:21, so the Greek word γύναι (gynai) 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.4.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.21.W7.S1) and character.