Luke 21:23:12Luke.21.23.W12TAB
ἡμέραις
hêmerais
“days”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-rais
- Extended
- hay-MEH-rais
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.rais/
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 | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-rais
- sentence
ou-AI tais en gas-TRI e-KHOU-sais kai tais thê-la-DZOU-sais en e-KEI-nais tais hê-ME-rais ES-tai gar a-NAN-gkê me-GA-lê e-PI tês gês kai or-GÊ tôi la-ÔI TOU-tôi
Exegesis
En ekeinais tais hemerais {ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις | en ekeínais taîs hēmérais} supplies the temporal setting and pushes the warning into a specific future crisis.
In context — Luke 21:23
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing in those days, for there will be great distress on the land and wrath on this people.
About this coordinate
Luke 21:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Luke 21:23, so the Greek word ἡμέραις (hêmerais) 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.21.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.23.W12.S1) and character.