John 9:28:5John.9.28.W5TAB
Σὺ
sy
“you”
- Transliteration
- SY
- Extended
- SY
- IPA
- /sy/
Meaning by language
- English
- you
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
SY
- sentence
e-loi-DO-rê-san au-TON KAI EI-pon SY ma-thê-TÊS EI e-KEI-nou hê-MEIS DE TOU mô-y-SE-ôs es-MEN ma-thê-TAI
Exegesis
The quoted speech is built around emphatic contrast: sy {σύ | sý} ‘you’ stands over against hemeis {ἡμεῖς | hēmeîs} ‘we’.
The clause sy mathetes ei {Σὺ μαθητὴς εἶ | sý mathētḗs eî} ‘you are a disciple’ uses a predicate nominative to identify status, while ekeinou {ἐκείνου | ekeínou} ‘of that one’ is a distancing genitive that refers back to Jesus without naming Him.
Root and etymology
synagogesigma upsilon nu alpha gamma omega gamma eta
“away from the assembly”
In context — John 9:28
They reviled him and said, "You are a disciple of that one; but we are disciples of Moses ."
About this coordinate
John 9:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 9:28, so the Greek word Σὺ (sy) 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.9.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.28.W5.S1) and character.