Mark 14:1:10Mark.14.1.W10TAB
ἡμέρας
hêmeras
“days”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-ras
- Extended
- hay-MEH-rahs
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.ras/
Meaning by language
- English
- days
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hê-ME-ras
- sentence
ÊN de to PAS-kha KAI ta A-dzy-ma me-TA DY-o hê-ME-ras KAI e-ZÊ-toun hoi ar-khi-e-REIS KAI hoi gram-ma-TEIS PÔS au-TON en DO-lô kra-TÊE-san-tes a-pok-TEI-nô-sin
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase meta dyo hemeras {μετὰ δύο ἡμέρας | metá dýo hēméras} functions adverbially to specify that this temporal marker refers to “two days before.”
Root and etymology
hēmeraeta–mu–epsilon–rho–alpha
“day, daylight”
In context — Mark 14:1
Now the Passover and the Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by craft, they might seize Him and kill Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 14:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 14:1, so the Greek word ἡμέρας (hêmeras) 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.14.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.1.W10.S1) and character.