Luke 13:34:14Luke.13.34.W14TAB
ἠθέλησα
êthelêsa
“I wanted”
- Transliteration
- ê-THE-lê-sa
- Extended
- ê-THEH-lê-sah
- IPA
- /ɛːˈtʰe.lɛː.sa/
Meaning by language
- English
- I wanted
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ê-THE-lê-sa
- sentence
ie-rou-sa-LÊM ie-rou-sa-LÊM hê a-pok-TEI-nou-sa tous pro-PHÊ-tas KAI li-tho-bo-LOU-sa tous a-pes-tal-ME-nous pros au-TÊN po-SA-kis ê-THE-lê-sa e-pi-sy-NAK-sai ta TEK-na sou hon TRO-pon OR-nis tên he-au-TÊS nos-si-AN hy-PO tas PTE-ry-gas KAI ouk ê-the-LÊ-sa-te
Exegesis
The adverb posákis {ποσάκις | posákis} ‘how often’ introduces the lament, followed by the aorist ēthélēsa {ἠθέλησα | ēthélēsa} ‘I yearned’ and the infinitive episunáxai {ἐπισυνάξαι | episunáxai} ‘to assemble’, taking ta tékna sou {τὰ τέκνα σου | tà tékna sou} as object.
In context — Luke 13:34
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who slay the prophets and pelt with stones those dispatched to you—how often I have yearned to assemble your children as a hen draws her brood beneath her wings, yet you would not.
About this coordinate
Luke 13:34:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 13:34, so the Greek word ἠθέλησα (êthelêsa) 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 Luke.13.34.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.34.W14.S1) and character.