John 6:9:17John.6.9.W17TAB
τοσούτους
tosoutous
“so many”
- Transliteration
- to-SOU-tous
- Extended
- toh-SOO-toos
- IPA
- /toˈsu.tus/
Meaning by language
- English
- so many
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
to-SOU-tous
- sentence
ES-tin pai-DA-ri-on HÔ-de hos E-khei PEN-te AR-tous kri-THI-nous kai DY-o op-SA-ri-a al-LA TAU-ta TI es-TIN eis to-SOU-tous
Exegesis
The question tauta ti estin eis tosoutous {ταῦτα τί ἐστιν εἰς τοσούτους | TAU-ta tí és-tin eis to-SOÚ-tous} is fronted by tauta “these things” for emphasis, followed by the interrogative ti “what” and the copula estin, with the prepositional phrase eis tosoutous expressing suitability or adequacy “for so many (people).” The structure and use of the interrogative make this a rhetorical question, implying that the food is far from sufficient. In translation, the relative clause is smoothed (“who has”), and the rhetorical force of the final clause is conveyed by explicitly framing it as a question about adequacy, while maintaining the original relationships between subject, verb, and prepositional phrase.
In context — John 6:9
There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are these for so many?
About this coordinate
John 6:9:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of John 6:9, so the Greek word τοσούτους (tosoutous) 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.6.9.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.9.W17.S1) and character.