John 8:43:2John.8.43.W2TAB

τί

ti

what

Transliteration
TI
Extended
TIH
IPA
/ˈti/

Meaning by language

English
what

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Iotai — as in machine

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Diphthongs
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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    TI

  2. sentence

    di-A TI tên la-li-AN tên e-MÊN ou gi-NÔ-ske-te HO-ti ou DY-na-sthe a-KOU-ein ton LO-gon ton e-MON

Exegesis

The verse begins with the interrogative phrase dia ti {διὰ τί | diá tí}, which combines the preposition dia with the interrogative pronoun ti to form an adverbial “why,” introducing a rhetorical question.

Root and etymology

skot-sigma kappa omicron tau

darkness, obscurity

In contextJohn 8:43

Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to hear My word .

About this coordinate

John 8:43:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 8:43, so the Greek word τί (ti) 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.8.43.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.43.W2.S1) and character.