Luke 19:43:3Luke.19.43.W3TAB
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
HO-ti HÊK-sou-sin hê-ME-rai e-PI SE KAI pa-rem-ba-LOU-sin hoi ekh-THROI sou KHA-ra-KA soi KAI pe-ri-ky-KLO-sou-SIN se KAI sy-NEK-sou-SIN se PAN-to-then
Exegesis
The subject–verb sequence hemerai hexousin {ἡμέραι ἥξουσιν | hē-mé-rai hḗ-xou-sin} ‘days will come’ uses a future indicative to present the coming judgment as certain.
Root and etymology
hēmer-eta–eta–mu–epsilon–rho
“day, daylight, fixed period”
In context — Luke 19:43
Because days will come upon you when your enemies set up a trench for you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.
About this coordinate
Luke 19:43:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 19:43, 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.19.43.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.43.W3.S1) and character.