Luke 14:8:7Luke.14.8.W7TAB

μὴ

not

Transliteration
Extended
mêê
IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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    HO-tan klê-THÊS hy-PO TI-nos eis GA-mous mê ka-ta-kli-THÊS eis tên prô-to-kli-SI-an MÊ-po-te en-ti-MO-te-ros sou êi ke-klê-ME-nos hyp au-TOU

Exegesis

A prohibition is expressed with the negated subjunctive me kataklithes {μὴ κατακλιθῇς | mē kataklithês} ‘do not recline’, followed by the directional eis ten protoklisian {εἰς τὴν πρωτοκλισίαν | eis tḗn prōtoklisían} ‘at the place of highest honor’, reflecting the reclining custom as a marker of status.

In contextLuke 14:8

Whenever someone invites you to a wedding feast, avoid reclining at the place of highest honor , lest someone more honorable than you may have been invited by him.

About this coordinate

Luke 14:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 14:8, 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.14.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.8.W7.S1) and character.