Mark 13:17:1Mark.13.17.W1TAB
οὐαὶ
ouai
“woe”
- Transliteration
- ou-AI
- Extended
- oo-AI
- IPA
- /uˈai/
Meaning by language
- English
- woe
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ou-AI
- sentence
ou-AI de tais en gas-TRI e-KHOU-sais kai tais thê-la-DZOU-sais en e-KEI-nais tais hê-ME-rais
Exegesis
The verse opens with the exclamatory particle ouai {οὐαί | ou-aí} “woe,” which functions as a dative-of-disadvantage style lament over the groups that follow.
Root and etymology
ouaiomicron–upsilon–alpha–iota
“woe, intense lament”
In context — Mark 13:17
But woe to the women who are with child and to those nursing in those days !
About this coordinate
Mark 13:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 13:17, so the Greek word οὐαὶ (ouai) 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.13.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.17.W1.S1) and character.