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Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   ho

   the
2. sentence🔊 ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας καὶ μὴ ποιήσας ὅμοιός ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ οἰκοδομήσαντι οἰκίαν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν χωρὶς θεμελίου ᾗ προσέρηξεν ὁ ποταμός καὶ εὐθὺς συνέπεσεν καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ ῥῆγμα τῆς οἰκίας ἐκείνης μέγα

   ho de a-KOU-sas KAI MÊ poi-Ê-sas HO-moi-OS ES-tin an-THRÔ-pō oi-ko-do-MÊ-san-ti oi-KI-an e-PI tên gên khō-RIS the-me-LI-ou hêi pro-SE-rêx-en ho po-ta-MOS KAI eu-THYS sy-NE-pe-sen KAI e-GE-ne-to to RHÊG-ma tês oi-KI-as e-KEI-nês ME-ga

   the but having heard and not having done like is to a man having built a house on the ground without foundation against which broke against the river and immediately it fell and it became the ruin of the house of that great

Exegesis

The phrase ho de akousas kai mē poiēsas {ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας καὶ μὴ ποιήσας | ho dè akoúsas kaí mḗ poiḗsas} forms a substantival clause with two aorist participles describing complete actions—hearing and not doing.

The relative pronoun hē {ᾗ | hē} “against which” links to prosérēξεν ho potamós {προσέρηξεν ὁ ποταμός | prosérēξεν ho potamós}, portraying the flood’s impact as a trial.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ἀκούωalpha–kappa–omicron–upsilon–omega

“to hear, listen”

• 🔊 ἄκουσμαakousmahearing, reportActs 17:20
• 🔊 ἀκροατήςakroatēslistenerJames 1:23