John 6:49:7John.6.49.W7TAB
ἐρήμῳ
erêmō
“wilderness”
- Transliteration
- e-RÊ-mō
- Extended
- eh-RAY-moh
- IPA
- /eˈrɛː.mɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- wilderness
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-RÊ-mō
- sentence
hoi pa-TE-res hy-MON E-pha-gon en tê e-RÊ-mō to MAN-na KAI a-PE-tha-non
Exegesis
The aorist verb ephagon {ἔφαγον | éphagon} functions as the main finite verb of the first clause, with the prepositional phrase en te eremo {ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ | en tē erḗmō} indicating the historical setting of the wilderness.
Root and etymology
eremosepsilon–rho–eta–mu–omicron–sigma
“wilderness, uninhabited place”
In context — John 6:49
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
About this coordinate
John 6:49:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 6:49, so the Greek word ἐρήμῳ (erêmō) 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.6.49.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.49.W7.S1) and character.