John 4:38:17John.4.38.W17TAB
εἰσεληλύθατε
eiselêlythate
“{you} have entered”
- Transliteration
- ei-se-lê-LY-tha-te
- Extended
- ei-seh-lê-LY-thah-teh
- IPA
- /iː.se.lɛːˈly.tʰa.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- {you} have entered
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
ei-se-lê-LY-tha-te
- sentence
e-GÔ a-PE-stei-la hy-MAS the-RI-dzein ho oukh hy-MEIS ke-ko-pi-A-ka-te AL-loi ke-ko-pi-A-ka-sin KAI hy-MEIS eis ton KO-pon au-TÔN ei-se-lê-LY-tha-te
Exegesis
Finally, kai hymeis eis ton kopon autōn eiselēlythate {καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸν κόπον αὐτῶν εἰσεληλύθατε | kaí hy-meîs eis ton kó-pon au-tôn ei-se-lē-lý-tha-te} adds a coordinating clause where hymeis is repeated for emphasis, and the prepositional phrase eis ton kopon autōn specifies the sphere “into their labor.”
The perfect eiselēlythate {εἰσεληλύθατε | ei-se-lē-lý-tha-te} presents the disciples as having already entered into an ongoing situation created by others. The English renderings follow this contrastive structure (I/you/others/you), preserve the temporal nuance of the perfects with “have labored” and “have entered,” and carry over the metaphorical field of reaping and labor while clarifying the relational dynamic between the disciples’ mission and prior work.
In context — John 4:38
I sent you to reap that which you have not labored for; others have labored , and you have entered into their labor.
About this coordinate
John 4:38:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of John 4:38, so the Greek word εἰσεληλύθατε (eiselêlythate) 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.4.38.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.38.W17.S1) and character.