Luke 14:29:7Luke.14.29.W7TAB

μὴ

not

Transliteration
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IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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    HI-na MÊ-po-te THEN-tos au-TOU the-ME-li-on KAI MÊ is-KHY-on-tos ek-te-LE-sai PAN-tes hoi the-ō-ROUN-tes AR-ksōn-tai au-TÔ em-PAI-zein

Exegesis

The coordinated participial phrase kai mē ischyontos ektelesai {καὶ μὴ ἰσχύοντος ἐκτελέσαι | kaí mē is-khý-on-tos ek-te-lé-sai} extends the genitive absolute, adding the negative circumstance of his not being able to finish.

In contextLuke 14:29

Lest after someone lays a foundation and is unable to finish it, all who see it begin to mock him.

About this coordinate

Luke 14:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 14:29, so the Greek word μὴ () 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.14.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.29.W7.S1) and character.