Mark 10:11:2Mark.10.11.W2TAB
λέγει
legei
“he says”
- Transliteration
- LE-gei
- Extended
- LEH-gei
- IPA
- /ˈle.gi/
Meaning by language
- English
- he says
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
LE-gei
- sentence
KAI LE-gei au-TOIS HOS AN a-po-LY-sê tên gy-NAI-ka au-TOU KAI ga-MÊ-sê AL-lên moi-KHA-tai ep au-TÊN
Exegesis
The historical present legei {λέγει | lé-gei} ‘he says’ adds vividness, with the dative plural autois {αὐτοῖς | au-toîs} ‘to them’ marking the audience of His address.
In context — Mark 10:11
And He says to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, he commits adultery against her.”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 10:11, so the Greek word λέγει (legei) 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.10.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.11.W2.S1) and character.