Luke 22:1:7Luke.22.1.W7TAB
ἡ
hê
“the”
- Transliteration
- hê
- Extended
- hêê
- IPA
- /hɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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hê
- sentence
ÊN-gi-zen de hê he-or-TÊ tôn a-ZY-mōn hê le-go-ME-nê PAS-kha
Exegesis
The subject is introduced by the article–noun pair hē heortē {ἡ ἑορτή | hē he-or-Tḗ} ‘the feast’, which is further specified by the genitive phrase tōn azymōn {τῶν ἀζύμων | tôn a-ZÝ-mōn} ‘of the unleavened (breads)’, a conventional designation for the Festival of Unleavened Bread. This entire nominal group remains the grammatical subject of engizen.
A second articular phrase hē legomenē Pascha {ἡ λεγομένη Πάσχα | hē le-go-MÉ-nē PÁS-kha} literally means ‘the one being called Passover’, with legomenē functioning as a attributive participle modifying hē, and Pascha as its complement. In English, this structure is most idiomatically conveyed either as a relative clause “which is called Passover” (formal) or as an appositive phrase “known as Passover” (dynamic). Word order in Greek places the verb first for foregrounding the temporal progression, whereas English prefers to foreground the subject, requiring reordering while preserving the temporal emphasis and the identification of the Jewish festival.
Root and etymology
heorteeta–omicron–rho–tau–eta
“festival, celebration”
In context — Luke 22:1
Now the feast of unleavened bread was drawing near, which is called Passover .
About this coordinate
Luke 22:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 22:1, so the Greek word ἡ (hê) 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.22.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.1.W7.S1) and character.