Mark 10:47:15Mark.10.47.W15TAB
ἐλέησόν
eleêson
“have mercy”
- Transliteration
- e-LE-ê-SON
- Extended
- eh-LEH-ê-SOHN
- IPA
- /eˈle.ɛːˈson/
Meaning by language
- English
- have mercy
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-LE-ê-SON
- sentence
KAI a-KOU-sas HO-ti ee-ay-SOOS ho na-dza-rê-NOS ES-tin ÊR-ksa-to KRA-dzein KAI LE-gein hy-E DA-wid ee-ay-SOO e-LE-ê-SON me
Exegesis
The aorist imperative eleeson {ἐλέησόν | e-lé-ē-son} with the object pronoun me {με | me} expresses an urgent, once-for-all plea for mercy rather than a general habit. The English renderings preserve the temporal participle as a subordinate clause (“when he heard / found out”), maintain the climactic move from realization to desperate shouting, and keep the vocative sequence and imperative force of the plea.
Root and etymology
Rootepsilon–lambda–epsilon–epsilon–omega
“to have mercy, to show compassion”
In context — Mark 10:47
And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and to say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me."
About this coordinate
Mark 10:47:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Mark 10:47, so the Greek word ἐλέησόν (eleêson) 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.10.47.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.47.W15.S1) and character.