John 4:39:3John.4.39.W3TAB
τῆς
tês
“{the}”
- Transliteration
- tês
- Extended
- tês
- IPA
- /tɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- {the}
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tês
- sentence
ek de tês PO-le-os e-KEI-nēs pol-LOI e-PI-steu-san eis au-TON tôn sa-ma-ri-TÔN di-A ton LO-gon tês gy-nai-KOS mar-ty-ROU-sēs HO-ti ei-PEN moi PAN-ta HA e-POI-Ê-sa
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase ek de tēs poleōs ekeinēs {Ἐκ δὲ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης | Ek dè tēs pó-le-ōs e-keí-nēs} ‘from that city,’ which links this statement to the preceding narrative and locates the group in the same setting as the woman.
The causal prepositional phrase dia ton logon tēs gynaikos martyrousēs {διὰ τὸν λόγον τῆς γυναικὸς μαρτυρούσης | di-á tón ló-gon tēs gy-nai-kòs mar-tu-roú-sēs} ‘because of the word of the woman bearing witness’ employs dia with the accusative to indicate reason or cause, with ton logon as the object, further defined by the genitive tēs gynaikos and the attributive participle martyrousēs modifying gynaikos. The participle presents the woman in the ongoing role of a witness.
Root and etymology
manthanomu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega
“to learn, to be a pupil”
In context — John 4:39
And from that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who was bearing witness, “He told me all that I did.”
About this coordinate
John 4:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of John 4:39, so the Greek word τῆς (tês) 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.4.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.39.W3.S1) and character.