Mark 10:47:8Mark.10.47.W8TAB
ἤρξατο
êrksato
“he began”
- Transliteration
- ÊR-ksa-to
- Extended
- ÊR-ksah-toh
- IPA
- /ˈɛːrk.sa.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- he began
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
ÊR-ksa-to
- 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 narrative then shifts to the main finite verb erxato {ἤρξατο | ḗr-xa-to} ‘he began,’ which governs the coordinated infinitives krazein {κράζειν | krá-zein} ‘to cry out’ and legein {λέγειν | lé-gein} ‘to say,’ a common Greek construction where the inceptive verb plus infinitives depict the onset of intense, repeated action.
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 10:47:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 10:47, so the Greek word ἤρξατο (êrksato) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.47.W8.S1) and character.