Mark 1:3:4Mark.1.3.W4TAB

τῇ

the

Transliteration
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IPA
/tɛː/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine

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Word in context

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    phō-NÊ bo-ÔN-tos en tê e-RÊ-mō he-toi-MA-sa-te tēn ho-DON ky-REE-ou eu-THEI-as poi-EI-te tas TRI-bous au-TOU

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase en tē erēmō {ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ | en tē e-rē-mō} ‘in the wilderness’ specifies the prophetic location, echoing wilderness motifs from Israel’s history.

In contextMark 1:3

A voice crying out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of the Lord ; make His paths straight.”

About this coordinate

Mark 1:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 1:3, so the Greek word τῇ () 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 Mark.1.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.3.W4.S1) and character.