Mark 10:36:3Mark.10.36.W3TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“he said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EI-pehn
- IPA
- /ˈei.pen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he said
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
EI-pen
- sentence
ho de EI-pen au-TOIS TI THE-le-te poi-EH-sô hy-MIN
Exegesis
The construction ho de eipen autois {ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς | ho dè eî-pen autoîs} uses the article ho as a contextual subject marker, effectively “He,” with eipen introducing direct speech, and autois marking the indirect object, “to them.”
Root and etymology
Rootepsilon–iota–pi
“to speak, say”
In context — Mark 10:36
But He said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:36:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 10:36, so the Greek word εἶπεν (eipen) 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.10.36.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.36.W3.S1) and character.