Mark 14:2:3Mark.14.2.W3TAB

Μὴ

not

Transliteration
Extended
MAY
IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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Word in context

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  2. sentence

    E-le-gon GAR MÊ en tÊ he-or-TÊ MÊ-po-te ES-tai THO-ry-bos tou la-OU

Exegesis

Direct speech begins with the negative particle Mē {Μὴ | Mḕ} followed by the prepositional phrase en tē heortē {ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ | en tē he-or-Tḗ} ‘in the feast’, which specifies the temporal setting they wish to avoid.

Root and etymology

amenalpha–mu–eta–nu

truly, certainly

In contextMark 14:2

For they were saying, “Not during the feast , lest there will be an uproar of the people.”

About this coordinate

Mark 14:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 14:2, so the Greek word Μὴ () 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.14.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.2.W3.S1) and character.