John 8:23:4John.8.23.W4TAB
Ὑμεῖς
hymeis
“you”
- Transliteration
- hy-MEIS
- Extended
- hy-MEIS
- IPA
- /hyˈmeis/
Meaning by language
- English
- you
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Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hy-MEIS
- sentence
kai E-le-gen au-TOIS hy-MEIS ek tôn KA-tô es-TE e-GÔ ek tôn A-nô ei-MI hy-MEIS ek TOU-tou tou KOS-mou es-TE e-GÔ ouk ei-MI ek tou KOS-mou TOU-tou
Exegesis
The first clause, Humeis ek ton kato este {Ὑμεῖς ἐκ τῶν κάτω ἐστέ | hu-meîs ek tôn ká-tō es-té}, fronts the pronoun humeis for emphasis and uses the preposition ek with the substantivized adverb kato to denote origin or sphere: “you are from the things below.”
The second pair of clauses, humeis ek toutou tou kosmou este {ὑμεῖς ἐκ τούτου τοῦ κόσμου ἐστέ | hu-meîs ek toú-tou toû kós-mou es-té} and egō ouk eimi ek tou kosmou toutou {ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου | e-gṓ ouk ei-mí ek toû kós-mou toú-tou}, extends the contrast from spatial (below/above) to relational and moral (of this world / not of this world). The genitive toutou “this” specifies the present world-order in opposition to the “above.” The negative ouk directly precedes eimi, sharpening the denial of belonging. English renderings preserve the parallelism and antithetical structure with repeated “you are / I am” and “this world,” retaining the theological contrast between earthly origin and Jesus’ heavenly source.
In context — John 8:23
And He was saying to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world ; I am not of this world.”
About this coordinate
John 8:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 8:23, so the Greek word Ὑμεῖς (hymeis) 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.8.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.23.W4.S1) and character.