Luke 13:34:30Luke.13.34.W30TAB
ἠθελήσατε
êthelêsate
“you were willing”
- Transliteration
- ê-the-LÊ-sa-te
- Extended
- ê-theh-LÊ-sah-teh
- IPA
- /ɛː.tʰeˈlɛː.sa.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- you were willing
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
ê-the-LÊ-sa-te
- 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 conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} plus the negative ouk ēthelḗsate {οὐκ ἠθελήσατε | oûk ēthelḗsate} ‘but you refused’ contrasts Jesus’s persistent longing with Jerusalem’s unwillingness. The dynamic translation renders the participles into relative clauses for clarity and preserves the maternal image to evoke protective sorrow.
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 13:34:30 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 30 of Luke 13:34, so the Greek word ἠθελήσατε (êthelêsate) 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.W30, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.34.W30.S1) and character.