Luke 17:22:7Luke.17.22.W7TAB
ἡμέραι
hêmerai
“days”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-rai
- Extended
- hê-MEH-rai
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.rai/
Meaning by language
- English
- days
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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 | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-rai
- sentence
EI-pen de pros tous ma-thê-TAS e-LEU-son-tai hê-ME-rai HO-te e-pi-thy-MÊ-sē-te MI-an tôn hê-me-RÔN tou hy-IU tou an-THRÔ-pou i-DEIN kai ouk OP-se-sthe
Exegesis
The clause eleusontai hemerai {Ἐλεύσονται ἡμέραι | eleúsontai hēmérai} ‘days will come’ uses a future middle verb with a nominative plural subject, projecting a definite coming period.
Root and etymology
Rooteta–mu–epsilon–rho
“day, time period”
In context — Luke 17:22
And He said to the disciples, “Days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man , and you will not see it.”
About this coordinate
Luke 17:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 17:22, 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.17.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.22.W7.S1) and character.