Luke 14:20:10Luke.14.20.W10TAB
δύναμαι
dynamai
“I am able”
- Transliteration
- DY-na-mai
- Extended
- DÜH-nah-mai
- IPA
- /ˈdy.na.mai/
Meaning by language
- English
- I am able
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
DY-na-mai
- sentence
KAI HE-te-ros EI-pen gy-NAI-ka E-gê-ma KAI di-A TOU-to ou DY-na-mai el-THEIN
Exegesis
The negation ou {οὐ | ou} ‘not’ with dynamai {δύναμαι | dý-na-mai} ‘I am able’ plus the infinitive elthein {ἐλθεῖν | el-theîn} ‘to come’ expresses ongoing incapacity with respect to the invitation.
Root and etymology
dunamaidelta–upsilon–nu–alpha–mu–alpha–iota
“to be able”
In context — Luke 14:20
And another declared, “I have taken a wife , and for this reason I am not able to come.”
About this coordinate
Luke 14:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Luke 14:20, so the Greek word δύναμαι (dynamai) 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.14.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.20.W10.S1) and character.