Mark 12:20:13Mark.12.20.W13TAB
σπέρμα
sperma
“offspring”
- Transliteration
- SPER-ma
- Extended
- SPEHR-mah
- IPA
- /ˈsper.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- offspring
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SPER-ma
- sentence
hep-TA a-del-PHOI Ê-san KAI ho PRÔ-tos E-la-ben gy-NAI-ka KAI a-poth-NÊS-kōn ouk a-PHÊ-ken SPER-ma
Exegesis
The negative ouk {οὐκ | ouk} directly precedes apheken {ἀφῆκεν | aphêken}, giving emphatic negation to the completed action “he did not leave,” with sperma {σπέρμα | spérma} as the object, here denoting descendants. Syntactically, the participle functions circumstantially, best rendered in English with a temporal phrase such as “as he was dying” or “when he died,” to preserve the sequence of events implied by the Greek narrative flow.
Root and etymology
sperm-sigma–pi–epsilon–rho–mu
“seed, offspring”
In context — Mark 12:20
There were seven brothers, and the first took a wife and, as he was dying, did not leave any offspring .
About this coordinate
Mark 12:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Mark 12:20, so the Greek word σπέρμα (sperma) 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.12.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.20.W13.S1) and character.