Luke 13:34:16Luke.13.34.W16TAB
τὰ
ta
“the”
- Transliteration
- ta
- Extended
- tah
- IPA
- /ta/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
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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.
Root and etymology
prophētēspi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–tau–eta–sigma
“one who speaks forth for God”
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 13:34:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Luke 13:34, so the Greek word τὰ (ta) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.34.W16.S1) and character.