φευγέτωσαν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 φευγέτωσαν

   pheu-GE-tō-san

   let them flee
2. sentence🔊 Ὅταν δὲ ἴδητε τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως ἑστηκότα ὅπου οὐ δεῖ ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω τότε οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ φευγέτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὄρη

   HO-tan de EE-dê-te to BDE-lyg-ma tês e-rê-mô-se-ôs he-stê-KO-ta HO-pou ou DEI ho a-na-gi-NŌ-skon no-EI-tō TO-te hoi en têi i-ou-dai-A pheu-GE-tō-san eis ta O-rê

   When but you see the abomination of the desolation standing where not it is necessary the the one reading let him understand then the in the Judea let them flee into the mountains

Exegesis

The temporal adverb tote {τότε | tó-te} marks the resulting action in sequence: the main imperative clause hoi en tē Ioudaia pheugetōsan eis ta orē {οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ φευγέτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὄρη | hoi en tē̂ I-ou-daí-a pheu-gé-tō-san eis tà ó-rē}. Here, hoi with the prepositional phrase en tē Ioudaia forms a substantive group, “those in Judea,” and pheugetōsan, a third person plural imperative, issues a collective command. The prepositional phrase eis ta orē specifies the direction of flight, mountains conventionally functioning as places of refuge in biblical narrative. The overall syntactic flow moves from an unspecified future sign, to interpretive reflection, to urgent practical response, which guided the choice to preserve the temporal sequence and the parenthetical warning in both English renderings.