Luke 20:28:11Luke.20.28.W11TAB
γυναῖκα
gynaika
“a wife”
- Transliteration
- gy-NAI-ka
- Extended
- gyoo-NAI-kah
- IPA
- /gyˈnai.ka/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wife
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
gy-NAI-ka
- sentence
LE-gon-tes di-DAS-ka-le mō-yü-SÊS E-grap-sen hê-MEEN e-AN TI-nos a-del-PHOS a-po-THA-nêi E-khōn gy-NAI-ka kai HOU-tos A-tek-nos ÊI HI-na LA-bêi ho a-del-PHOS au-TOU tên gy-NAI-ka kai ek-sa-na-STÊ-sêi SPER-ma tôi a-del-PHÔI au-TOU
Exegesis
The conditional protasis begins with ean {ἐάν | eán} ‘if’ plus the aorist subjunctive apothanei {ἀποθάνῃ | apothánēi} ‘dies,’ modified by the participle echon {ἔχων | échōn} ‘having’ and its object gynaika {γυναῖκα | gynaîka} ‘wife.’
The conjunction hina {ἵνα | hína} introduces the purpose clause that expresses the legal intent: labei {λάβῃ | lábēi} ‘may take’ has ho adelphos autou {ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ | ho adelphós autoû} ‘his brother’ as subject and tēn gynaika {τὴν γυναῖκα | tēn gynaîka} ‘the wife’ as object, while exanastēsē {ἐξαναστήσῃ | exanastḗsē} ‘may raise up’ governs sperma {σπέρμα | spérma} ‘offspring’ with the dative tō adelphō autou {τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ | tôi adelphōi autoû} expressing advantage, “for his brother.” The English renderings preserve the conditional structure with “if” and the result obligation with “should,” while the dynamic rendering replaces the more formal “take the wife” with “marry her” to make explicit the marital action implied in the levirate provision.
In context — Luke 20:28
They said, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife and he is childless , then his brother should take the wife and raise up seed for his brother.”
About this coordinate
Luke 20:28:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Luke 20:28, so the Greek word γυναῖκα (gynaika) 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.20.28.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.28.W11.S1) and character.