Luke 20:28:15Luke.20.28.W15TAB
ᾖ
êi
“may be”
- Transliteration
- ÊI
- Extended
- AY
- IPA
- /ˈɛːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- may be
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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ÊI
- 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 coordinated phrase kai houtos {καὶ οὗτος | kaí hoûtos} links a second circumstance, further described by the predicate adjective ateknos {ἄτεκνος | áteknos} and the subjunctive copula ei {ᾖ | ēi} ‘may be,’ yielding a compound condition: the man dies, leaving both a widow and no children.
Root and etymology
Rootalpha–pi–omicron–theta–nu–eta–iota–sigma–kappa–omega
“to die, cease living”
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 20:28:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Luke 20:28, so the Greek word ᾖ (êi) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.28.W15.S1) and character.