John 7:2:8John.7.2.W8TAB
ἡ
hê
“{the}”
- Transliteration
- hê
- Extended
- hê
- IPA
- /hɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {the}
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Word in context
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hê
- sentence
ÊN de en-GYS hê he-or-TÊ tôn i-ou-DAI-ÔN hê skê-no-pê-GI-a
Exegesis
The nominative phrase hē heortē tōn Ioudaiōn {ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων | hē he-or-Tḗ tōn I-ou-daí-ōn} is the grammatical subject, where the genitive tōn Ioudaiōn marks the feast as belonging to, or characterized by, the Jewish people.
A second nominative phrase with article, hē skēnopēgia {ἡ σκηνοπηγία | hē skē-no-pē-Gí-a}, stands in apposition to hē heortē, specifying which feast is meant. The double article (hē … hē) is a formal way of identifying “the feast” as “the Feast of Booths,” a major pilgrimage festival. Greek places the verb first for narrative flow, but the English renderings reorder the elements into a more natural subject–verb–complement pattern (“the feast … was near”) while preserving the appositional identification of the festival.
Root and etymology
heortazōeta with rough breathing–omicron–rho–tau–alpha–zeta–omega
“to celebrate a festival”
In context — John 7:2
Now the feast of the Jews —the Festival of Booths—was near.
About this coordinate
John 7:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 7:2, so the Greek word ἡ (hê) 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.7.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.7.2.W8.S1) and character.