John 4:22:1John.4.22.W1TAB

ὑμεῖς

hymeis

you {pl.}

Transliteration
hy-MEIS
Extended
hy-MEIS
IPA
/hyˈmeis/

Meaning by language

English
you {pl.}

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Result
ὑ + μεῖς
hy + meis
hymeis

Alphabet Analysis

Upsiloni — as in machine
Mum — as in mother
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    hy-MEIS

  2. sentence

    hy-MEIS pro-sky-NEI-te HO ouk OI-da-te hê-MEIS pro-sky-NOO-men HO OI-da-men HO-ti hê sô-tê-RI-a ek TÔN i-ou-dAI-on es-TIN

Exegesis

The sentence is structured around a sharp contrast between hymeis {ὑμεῖς | hū-meîs} ‘you’ and hemeis {ἡμεῖς | hē-meîs} ‘we’, both placed first in their respective clauses for emphasis.

In contextJohn 4:22

You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews .

About this coordinate

John 4:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 4:22, so the Greek word ὑμεῖς (hymeis) 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.4.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.22.W1.S1) and character.