Luke 13:7:23Luke.13.7.W23TAB
ἱνατί
hinati
“why”
- Transliteration
- hi-na-TI
- Extended
- hih-nah-TIH
- IPA
- /hi.naˈti/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
hi-na-TI
- sentence
EI-pen DE pros ton am-pe-lour-GON i-DOU TRI-a E-tê aph hou ER-kho-mai dzê-TON kar-PON en tê sy-KÊ TAU-tê KAI oukh heu-RI-skō EK-kop-son au-TÊN hi-na-TI KAI tên gên ka-tar-GEI
Exegesis
Finally, the rhetorical question hinati kai ten gen katargei {ἱνατί καὶ τὴν γῆν καταργεῖ | hinatí kaí tḕn gēn katargeî} ‘why should it also render the ground useless?’ justifies the decision by portraying the unproductive tree as depleting the soil. The clause structure moves from address to rationale, mirroring an investigative to judicial progression.
In context — Luke 13:7
So he said to the vinedresser , “Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and I find none; cut it down. Why should it also exhaust the ground ?”
About this coordinate
Luke 13:7:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Luke 13:7, so the Greek word ἱνατί (hinati) 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.13.7.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.7.W23.S1) and character.