Luke 14:5:19Luke.14.5.W19TAB
ἡμέρᾳ
hêmerai
“a day”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-rai
- Extended
- hay-MEH-rai
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.rɑi/
Meaning by language
- English
- a day
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-rai
- sentence
KAI pros au-TOUS EI-pen TEE-nos hy-MON hy-OS Ê BOUS eis PHRE-ar pe-SEI-tai KAI ouk eu-THE-ôs a-na-SPA-sei au-TON en hê-ME-rai tou sab-BA-tou
Exegesis
The temporal phrase en hēmérā tou sabbátou {ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου | en hēmérā toû sabbátou} frames the obligation within Sabbath observance, prioritizing mercy over strict rest.
In context — Luke 14:5
And He said to them, “Which of you, if your son or ox falls into a pit, would not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath ?”
About this coordinate
Luke 14:5:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Luke 14:5, so the Greek word ἡμέρᾳ (hêmerai) 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.14.5.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.5.W19.S1) and character.