Luke 16:21:18Luke.16.21.W18TAB
τὰ
ta
“the”
- Transliteration
- TA
- Extended
- tah
- IPA
- /ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
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KAI e-pi-thy-MÔN khor-tas-THÊ-nai a-PO tÔN pip-TON-tōn a-PO tÊS tra-PE-zês TOU plou-SI-ou al-LA KAI hoi KY-nes er-KHO-me-noi e-PE-lei-khon TA HEL-kê au-TOU
Exegesis
The participial subject hoi erkhómenoi {οἱ ἐρχόμενοι | hoí er-khó-me-noi} “the dogs coming” plus the imperfect verb epeileikhon {ἐπέλειχον | e-pé-lei-khon} “were licking” conveys repeated action directed at the object phrase ta helkē autoû {τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ | tà hél-kē au-toû}, emphasizing the indignity of the dogs’ attention. Participial structures in Greek are rendered with finite verbs in English to preserve clarity and maintain the original contrast.
Root and etymology
chortazōchi–omicron–rho–tau–alpha–zeta–omega
“to feed, satisfy”
In context — Luke 16:21
And he was longing to be fed from the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table; but even the dogs came and were licking his sores .
About this coordinate
Luke 16:21:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Luke 16:21, so the Greek word τὰ (ta) 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.16.21.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.21.W18.S1) and character.