John 9:2:10John.9.2.W10TAB
ἥμαρτεν
hêmarten
“{he} sinned”
- Transliteration
- HÊ-mar-ten
- Extended
- HÊH-mar-tehn
- IPA
- /hɛːˈmar.ten/
Meaning by language
- English
- {he} sinned
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
HÊ-mar-ten
- sentence
KAI HÊ-RÔ-tê-san au-TON hoi ma-thê-TAI au-TOU LE-gon-tes rhab-BI TIS HÊ-mar-ten OO-tos Ê hoi go-NEIS au-TOU HI-na ty-PHLOS gen-nê-THÊ
Exegesis
The interrogative tis {τίς | tís} ‘who’ with hemarten {ἥμαρτεν | hḗ-mar-ten} ‘sinned’ frames the issue as culpability, not mere misfortune.
Root and etymology
hamartanōalpha with rough breathing mu alpha rho tau alpha nu omega
“to miss the mark, to sin”
In context — John 9:2
And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, whose sin lay behind this—this man’s or his parents’—that he was born blind ?”
About this coordinate
John 9:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of John 9:2, so the Greek word ἥμαρτεν (hêmarten) 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.9.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.2.W10.S1) and character.