John 7:16:13John.7.16.W13TAB
ἐμὴ
emê
“mine”
- Transliteration
- e-MÊ
- Extended
- eh-MÊ
- IPA
- /eˈmɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- mine
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-MÊ
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê OUN au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS KAI EI-pen hê e-MÊ di-da-KHÊ OUK ES-tin e-MÊ al-LA tou PEMP-san-TOS me
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the nominative phrase He eme didache {Ἡ ἐμὴ διδαχὴ | Hē emḗ didakhḗ} ‘the my teaching’ uses anarthrous possession with article-plus-possessive to emphasize personal connection, yet this is immediately qualified by the negation ouk estin eme {οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὴ | ouk éstin emḗ} ‘is not Mine’.
The repetition of eme {ἐμὴ | emḗ} before and after the verb creates a rhetorical contrast between apparent and actual ownership.
In context — John 7:16
Jesus then answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but belongs to the One who sent Me.”
About this coordinate
John 7:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of John 7:16, so the Greek word ἐμὴ (emê) 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.7.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (John.7.16.W13.S1) and character.