Mark 10:13:7Mark.10.13.W7TAB
ἅψηται
hapsêtai
“might touch”
- Transliteration
- HA-psê-tai
- Extended
- HAH-pseh-tai
- IPA
- /ˈhap.sɛː.tai̯/
Meaning by language
- English
- might touch
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
HA-psê-tai
- sentence
KAI pro-SE-pʰe-ron au-TOI pai-DEE-a HEE-na au-TÔN HA-psê-tai hoi de ma-thê-TAI e-pe-TEE-mê-san au-TOIS
Exegesis
The hina clause includes the genitive pronoun auton {αὐτῶν | autôn} before the subjunctive verb hapsetai {ἅψηται | hápsētai}; in Greek, the verb ‘touch’ regularly takes a genitive object, so the sequence ‘in order that them He might touch’ is preserved in translation as “so that He might touch them,” while maintaining the sense of intentional action.
Root and etymology
haptōeta–alpha–pi–tau–omega
“to touch; fasten”
In context — Mark 10:13
And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.
About this coordinate
Mark 10:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 10:13, so the Greek word ἅψηται (hapsêtai) 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.10.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.13.W7.S1) and character.