Luke 23:29:4Luke.23.29.W4TAB
ἡμέραι
hêmerai
“days”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-rai
- Extended
- hay-MEH-rai
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.rai/
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hê-ME-rai
- sentence
HO-ti i-DOU ER-khon-tai hê-ME-rai en hais e-ROU-sin ma-KA-ri-ai hai STEI-rai kai hai koi-LI-ai hai ouk e-GEN-nê-san kai mas-TOI hoi ouk E-threp-san
Root and etymology
hemareta–mu–alpha–rho
“day, daylight”
In context — Luke 23:29
For behold, days are coming when they will say, Blessed are the barren , and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.
About this coordinate
Luke 23:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 23:29, so the Greek word ἡμέραι (hêmerai) 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.23.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.23.29.W4.S1) and character.