Luke 20:28:3Luke.20.28.W3TAB
Μωϋσῆς
mōyüsês
“Moses”
- Transliteration
- mō-yü-SÊS
- Extended
- moh-yü-SÊS
- IPA
- /mɔː.yiˈsɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- Moses
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
mō-yü-SÊS
- 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
Moyses {Μωϋσῆς | Mōusēs} is the grammatical subject of the aorist verb egrapsen {ἔγραψεν | égrapsen} ‘wrote,’ with the dative pronoun hemin {ἡμῖν | hēmîn} ‘to us’ indicating the recipients of the authoritative written instruction, evoking the Mosaic law.
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 20:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 20:28, so the Greek word Μωϋσῆς (mōyüsês) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.28.W3.S1) and character.