Luke 16:28:9Luke.16.28.W9TAB

μὴ

not

Transliteration
Extended
MAY
IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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    E-kho gar PEN-te a-del-PHOUS HO-pos di-a-mar-TY-ray-tai au-TOIS HI-na mê KAI au-TOI EL-thô-sin eis ton TO-pon TOU-ton tês ba-SA-nou

Exegesis

A second purpose clause introduced by hina {ἵνα | hí-na} ‘so that’ governs the aorist active subjunctive elthōsin {ἔλθωσιν | él-thō-sin} ‘they may come,’ negated by the particle mē {μὴ | mḕ} ‘not’ and emphasized by kai {καὶ | kaì} ‘also’ plus autoi {αὐτοὶ | au-toì} ‘they themselves.’

In contextLuke 16:28

For I have five brothers, so that he may testify to them, so that they also may not come into this place of torment .

About this coordinate

Luke 16:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 16:28, 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.16.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.28.W9.S1) and character.