Luke 19:4:14Luke.19.4.W14TAB
ἤμελλεν
êmellen
“he was about”
- Transliteration
- Ê-mel-len
- Extended
- Êh-mel-lehn
- IPA
- /ˈɛː.mel.len/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was about
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
Ê-mel-len
- sentence
KAI pro-dra-MON eis to EM-pros-then a-NE-bê e-PI sy-ko-mo-RE-an HI-na EE-dêi au-TON HO-ti e-KEI-nês Ê-mel-len di-ER-khes-thai
Exegesis
The causal clause introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} ‘because’ explains the reason for this purpose: ekeines {ἐκείνης | e-keí-nēs} in the genitive feminine, with an implied noun such as hodos ‘way,’ combines with the periphrastic-like construction emellen {ἤμελλεν | ḗ-mel-len} plus the infinitive dierchesthai {διέρχεσθαι | di-ér-khes-thai} ‘to pass through’ to express an impending action, ‘He was about to pass through that way.’ The progression from participle, to main verb, to purpose clause, to causal clause builds narrative momentum and highlights both the urgency of the man’s initiative and the certainty of the approaching passage.
In context — Luke 19:4
And having run ahead, he climbed up into a sycomore tree in order to see Him , because He was about to pass through that way .
About this coordinate
Luke 19:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 19:4, so the Greek word ἤμελλεν (êmellen) 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.19.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.4.W14.S1) and character.