Luke 13:34:26Luke.13.34.W26TAB
τὰς
tas
“the”
- Transliteration
- tas
- Extended
- tahs
- IPA
- /tas/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tas
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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 relative pronoun hon {ὃν | hòn} ‘which’ and noun trópon {τρόπον | trópon} ‘manner’ introduce a simile: ornis {ὄρνις | órnis} ‘hen’ gathers her brood under her wings (tēn heautēs nossiàn hypó tas ptérygas {τὴν ἑαυτῆς νοσσιὰν ὑπὸ τὰς πτέρυγας | tḕn heautês nossiàn hypò tàs ptérygas}).
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 13:34:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of Luke 13:34, so the Greek word τὰς (tas) 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.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.34.W26.S1) and character.