John 4:6:17John.4.6.W17TAB

τῇ

têi

{the}

Transliteration
TÊI
Extended
TÊI
IPA
/tɛːi/

Meaning by language

English
{the}

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine

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  1. word

    TÊI

  2. sentence

    ÊN DE e-KEI pê-GÊ TOU i-a-KÔB HO OUN ee-ay-SOOS ke-ko-pi-a-KÔS EK TÊS ho-doi-po-RI-as e-ka-THE-dze-to HOU-tôs e-PI TÊI pê-GÊI HÔ-ra ÊN HÔS HEK-tê

Exegesis

The adverb houtōs {οὕτως | hoútōs} ‘thus, in this way’ and the prepositional phrase epi tē pēgē {ἐπὶ τῇ πηγῇ | epí tē pēgē̂} ‘on/by the well’ specify the manner and exact location of His sitting, drawing attention to His deliberate nearness to the water source, which prepares for the ensuing conversation about living water.

Root and etymology

manthanomu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega

to learn, to be a pupil

In contextJohn 4:6

Now a well of Jacob was there; so Jesus , having become weary from the journey , was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

About this coordinate

John 4:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of John 4:6, so the Greek word τῇ (têi) 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.4.6.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.6.W17.S1) and character.