τῶν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῶν

   tôn

   of the
2. sentence🔊 Καὶ ὅτε ἐγγίζουσιν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα εἰς Βηθφαγὴ καὶ Βηθανίαν πρὸς τὸ ὄρος τῶν Ἐλαιῶν ἀποστέλλει δύο τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ

   KAI HO-te en-GI-zou-sin eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma eis bêth-pha-GÊ KAI bê-tha-NI-an pros to O-ros tôn e-lai-ÔN a-po-STEL-lei DY-o tôn ma-thê-TÔN au-TOU

   And when they draw near to Jerusalem to Bethphage and Bethany toward the mountain of the Olives he sends two of the disciples of him

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase pros to oros tōn Elaiōn {πρὸς τὸ ὄρος τῶν Ἐλαιῶν | pròs tò Ó-ros tôn E-lai-Ôn} adds a more specific geographical orientation, with the genitive tōn Elaiōn ‘of olives’ specifying the type of mountain.

The object is expressed through the partitive genitive construction duo tōn mathētōn autou {δύο τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ | DÚ-o tôn ma-thē-TÔn au-TÔu}, indicating that two are selected from among a larger group of disciples. In translation, the temporal clause is rendered as a past narrative (“when they drew near / approached”) while preserving the sequential movement through prepositional phrases. The historical present verbs are generally shifted to past tense for natural English narrative flow, while their vividness is conveyed through precise verbs (“drew near,” “sent out”) and the retention of detailed geographic markers.

Root and etymology

mathētēs🔊 μαθητήςmu–alpha–theta–eta–tau–eta–sigma

“to learn, study”

• 🔊 μαθητήςmu–alpha–theta–eta–tau–eta–sigmadiscipleMatthew 5:1
• 🔊 μαθήτριαmu–alpha–theta–eta–tau–rho–iota–alphafemale discipleActs 9:36