John 8:48:10John.8.48.W10TAB
ἡμεῖς
hêmeis
“we”
- Transliteration
- hê-MEIS
- Extended
- hê-MEIS
- IPA
- /hɛːˈmeːis/
Meaning by language
- English
- we
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | 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
hê-MEIS
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê-san hoi i-ou-DAI-oi kai EI-pan au-TÔ ou ka-LÔS LE-go-men hê-MEIS HO-ti sa-ma-RI-tês EI sy kai dai-MO-ni-on E-kheis
Exegesis
The clause Ou kalōs legomen hēmeis {Οὐ καλῶς λέγομεν ἡμεῖς | Ou ka-LŌS LE-go-men hē-MEIS} is a rhetorical question framed with negation plus an adverb “rightly,” followed by an emphatic first person plural subject; this is rendered as “Are we not right in saying” to preserve the interrogative force and emphasis.
In context — John 8:48
The Jews answered and said to Him , “Are we not right in saying that You are a Samaritan and have a demon ?”
About this coordinate
John 8:48:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of John 8:48, so the Greek word ἡμεῖς (hêmeis) 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.8.48.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.48.W10.S1) and character.