Mark 12:29:7Mark.12.29.W7TAB
Ἄκουε
akoue
“Hear”
- Transliteration
- A-kou-e
- Extended
- AH-koo-eh
- IPA
- /ˈa.ku.e/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
A-kou-e
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê ho ee-ay-SOOS HO-ti PRO-tê es-TIN A-kou-e is-ra-EL KY-ree-os ho the-OS hê-MON KY-ree-os HEIS es-tin
Exegesis
The imperative akoue {Ἄκουε | Á-kou-e} ‘hear’ opens the Shema citation, followed by the vocative Israel {Ἰσραήλ | Isra-ḗl} ‘O Israel’, forming a direct address.
Root and etymology
akouoalpha–kappa–omicron–upsilon–omega
“to hear, listen”
In context — Mark 12:29
Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God , the Lord is one.’”
About this coordinate
Mark 12:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 12:29, so the Greek word Ἄκουε (akoue) 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.12.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.29.W7.S1) and character.