ἡμῖν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἡμῖν

   hê-MEEN

   to us
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ ἀφίομεν παντὶ ὀφείλοντι ἡμῖν καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν

   KAI A-phes hê-MEEN tas ha-mar-TI-as hê-MON KAI gar au-TOI a-PHI-o-men pan-TEE o-PHEI-lon-ti hê-MEEN KAI MÊ ei-se-NEN-khêis hê-MAS eis pei-ras-MON

   and forgive to us the sins of us and for we ourselves we forgive to everyone owing to us and not you bring in us into temptation

Exegesis

The first clause is an imperative petition, with aphes {ἄφες | áphes} governing both the indirect object hēmin {ἡμῖν | hēmîn} “to us” and the direct object tas hamartias hēmōn {τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν | tàs hamartías hēmôn} “our sins.”

The following clause introduced by gar {γὰρ | gàr} “for” provides the rationale for the request: the emphatic subject autoi {αὐτοὶ | autoí} “we ourselves” precedes the verb aphiomen {ἀφίομεν | aphíomen} “we forgive,” with panti opheilonti hēmin {παντὶ ὀφείλοντι ἡμῖν | pantì opheilónti hēmîn} functioning as a dative substantival participial phrase, “to everyone who is indebted to us.” This establishes a correspondence between human forgiveness and the petition for divine forgiveness.