John 7:34:1John.7.34.W1TAB
ζητήσετέ
dzêtêsete
“you will seek”
- Transliteration
- dzê-tê-se-TE
- Extended
- dzê-tê-seh-TEH
- IPA
- /dzɛː.tɛː.se.ˈte/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will seek
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Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dzê-tê-se-TE
- sentence
dzê-tê-se-TE me KAI ookh heu-RÊ-se-TE KAI HO-poo ei-MI e-GÔ hy-MEIS oo DY-na-STHE el-THEIN
Exegesis
The first clause, zētēsete me kai ouch heurēsete {ζητήσετέ με καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετε | zē-tḗ-se-te me kaí oukh heu-rḗ-se-te}, presents a parallel pair of future active indicative verbs with the same subject hymeis {ὑμεῖς | hy-meîs} understood: “you will seek” and “you will find,” with ouch {οὐχ | oukh} negating the second verb to express certain failure.
Root and etymology
zeteozeta–eta–tau–epsilon–omega
“to seek, desire, search for”
In context — John 7:34
You will seek Me , and you will not find Me. And where I am, you are not able to come.
About this coordinate
John 7:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 7:34, so the Greek word ζητήσετέ (dzêtêsete) 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.7.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.7.34.W1.S1) and character.