Luke 17:29:3Luke.17.29.W3TAB
ἡμέρᾳ
hêmerai
“day”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-rai
- Extended
- hêh-MEH-rah-i
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.rɑːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- day
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-rai
- sentence
têi de hê-ME-rai ex-ÊL-then lôt a-PO so-DO-môn E-brek-sen pyr kai THEI-on ap ou-ra-NOU kai a-PÔ-le-sen PAN-tas
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal relative phrase hē {ᾗ | hē̂i} de hēmera {ἡμέρᾳ | hē-MÉ-rāi} “on which day,” in which the relative pronoun links this event tightly to the preceding context while the dative of time specifies the exact day.
Root and etymology
Rooteta–mu–epsilon–rho
“day, time period”
In context — Luke 17:29
But on the day when Lot went out from Sodom , it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed them all.
About this coordinate
Luke 17:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 17:29, 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.17.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.29.W3.S1) and character.