Mark 1:35:3Mark.1.35.W3TAB

ἔννυχα

ennykha

still dark

Transliteration
EN-ny-kha
Extended
EHN-ny-khah
IPA
/ˈen.ny.kʰa/

Meaning by language

English
still dark

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Result
ἔν + νυ + χα
en + ny + kha
ennykha

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new
Nun — as in new
Upsiloni — as in machine
Chih/kh — like Bach
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    EN-ny-kha

  2. sentence

    kai prō-I EN-ny-kha LI-an a-na-STAS ex-ÊL-then kai a-PÊL-then eis E-rē-mon TO-pon ka-KEI pro-sē-EU-khe-to

Exegesis

The verse opens with a tightly packed temporal frame: proi {πρωῒ | prō-í} ‘early in the morning’ is intensified by ennucha {ἔννυχα | én-nu-kha} ‘while still night’ and lian {λίαν | lí-an} ‘very,’ creating a sense of extreme earliness and darkness.

In contextMark 1:35

And very early in the morning, while it was still night, having arisen, He went out and departed into a deserted place, and there He was praying .

About this coordinate

Mark 1:35:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 1:35, so the Greek word ἔννυχα (ennykha) 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.1.35.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.35.W3.S1) and character.