John 7:34:13John.7.34.W13TAB
ἐλθεῖν
elthein
“to come”
- Transliteration
- el-THEIN
- Extended
- ehl-THEIN
- IPA
- /el.ˈtʰiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to come
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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el-THEIN
- 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 second clause, kai hopou eimi egō, hymeis ou dynasthe elthein {καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν | kaí hó-pou ei-mí e-gṓ, hy-meîs ou dý-na-sthe el-theîn}, begins with the relative adverb hopou {ὅπου | hó-pou} introducing a locative clause “where I am,” where the finite verb eimi {εἰμὶ | ei-mí} and the emphatic subject egō {ἐγώ | e-gṓ} foreground the speaker’s personal presence.
The following independent clause hymeis ou dynasthe elthein places the plural pronoun hymeis {ὑμεῖς | hy-meîs} in contrast with egō, negated by ou {οὐ | ou} before the modal verb dynasthe {δύνασθε | dý-na-sthe}, with the infinitive elthein {ἐλθεῖν | el-theîn} expressing the action that is rendered impossible. The juxtaposition of future failure to find with present-stated, yet future-oriented, inaccessibility to Jesus’ location creates a rhetorical emphasis on both the futility of the future search and the categorical impossibility of joining Him, which the translations render by maintaining the two-step structure (seek/find; be able/come).
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 7:34:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of John 7:34, so the Greek word ἐλθεῖν (elthein) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (John.7.34.W13.S1) and character.