John 8:25:16John.8.25.W16TAB
λαλῶ
lalo
“I speak”
- Transliteration
- la-LO
- Extended
- lah-LOH
- IPA
- /laˈlɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I speak
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
la-LO
- sentence
E-le-gon OON au-TOI SY TEES EI EI-pen au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS TÊN ar-KHÊN HO ti KAI la-LO hy-MEEN
Exegesis
The sequence ho ti kai lalō hymin {ὅ τι καὶ λαλῶ ὑμῖν | hò tí kaí lalô hymîn} is syntactically compact: ho and ti together act idiomatically to introduce the content, roughly “what(ever) I also speak to you,” while kai {καὶ | kaí} adds an emphatic “also/even,” reinforcing continuity between what He has said and what He is now saying.
The present indicative lalō {λαλῶ | lalô} highlights ongoing speech, which in English is most naturally conveyed with a present perfect construction (“have been telling”) to express durative action beginning in the past and continuing into the present. The English renderings therefore rearrange the elements into standard quotation order while preserving the emphatic pronoun, the durative force of the verbs, and the temporal framing provided by Tēn archēn.
Root and etymology
laleōlambda–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to talk, to speak”
In context — John 8:25
So they were saying to Him , “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “What I have been telling you from the beginning .”
About this coordinate
John 8:25:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 8:25, so the Greek word λαλῶ (lalo) 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.8.25.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.25.W16.S1) and character.