Luke 15:8:4Luke.15.8.W4TAB

δραχμὰς

drakhmas

drachmas

Transliteration
dra-khMAS
Extended
drah-khMAHS
IPA
/drakʰˈmas/

Meaning by language

English
drachmas

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Result
δρα + χμὰς
dra + khmas
drakhmas

Alphabet Analysis

Deltath — as in this
Rhor — rolled r
Alphaah — as in father
Chih/kh — like Bach
Mum — as in mother
Alphaah — as in father
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    dra-khMAS

  2. sentence

    Ê TIS gy-NÊ dra-khMAS E-khou-sa DE-ka e-AN a-po-LE-sê dra-khMÊN MI-an ou-KHI HAP-tei LYKH-non KAI sa-RO I TÊN oi-KI-an KAI dzê-TEI e-pi-me-LÔS HE-ōs hou HEU-rê

Exegesis

The clause tis gyne echousa deka drachmas {τίς γυνὴ ἔχουσα δέκα δραχμὰς | tís gynḕ échousa déka drakhmâs} uses the feminine nominative participle to define the hypothetical subject.

In contextLuke 15:8

Or what woman, if she has ten drachmas and loses one, does she not light a lamp , sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

About this coordinate

Luke 15:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 15:8, so the Greek word δραχμὰς (drakhmas) 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.15.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.8.W4.S1) and character.