παρὰ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 παρὰ

   pa-RA

   than
2. sentence🔊 ἢ ἐκεῖνοι οἱ δεκαοκτὼ ἐφʼ οὓς ἔπεσεν ὁ πύργος ἐν τῷ Σιλωὰμ καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτούς δοκεῖτε ὅτι αὐτοὶ ὀφειλέται ἐγένοντο παρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Ἰερουσαλήμ

   Ê e-KEI-noi hoi de-ka-ok-TÔ eph hous E-pe-sen ho PYR-gos en tôi si-lo-AM kai a-PEK-tei-nen au-TOUS do-KEI-te HO-ti au-TOI o-phei-LE-tai e-GE-non-to pa-RA PAN-tas tous an-THRÔ-pous tous ka-toi-KOUN-tas ie-rou-sa-LÊM

   or those the eighteen on whom fell the tower in the Siloam and killed them do you think that they debtors became than all the people the dwelling Jerusalem

Exegesis

The main clause resumes with dokeite {δοκεῖτε | do-keî-te} ‘do you think’, introducing a content clause via hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} ‘that’, where autoi egenonto {αὐτοὶ ἐγένοντο | au-toí e-gé-non-to} ‘they became’ links to opheiletai {ὀφειλέται | o-phei-lé-tai} ‘debtors’ as predicate nominative, with para pantas tous anthropous tous katoikountas Ierousalem {παρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Ἰερουσαλήμ | par-á pán-tas toùs án-thrō-pous toùs ka-toi-koûn-tas Ie-rou-sa-lēm} conveying comparison. The structure shifts from concrete tragedy to a probing question, highlighting that suffering does not imply greater guilt.

Root and etymology

paraballō🔊 παραβάλλωpi–alpha–rho–alpha–beta–alpha–lambda–lambda–omega

“to set beside, compare”