Mark 14:22:17Mark.14.22.W17TAB
σῶμά
sôma
“body”
- Transliteration
- SÔ-MA
- Extended
- SOH-mah
- IPA
- /ˈsɔː.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- body
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
SÔ-MA
- sentence
KAI e-sthi-ON-tōn au-TŌN la-BŌN AR-ton eu-lo-GÊ-sas E-kla-sen KAI E-dō-ken au-TOIS KAI EI-pen LA-be-te tou-TO ES-tin to SÔ-MA mou
Exegesis
The copular clause touto estin to sōma mou {τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ σῶμά μου | toû-tó é-stin tò sô-má mou} places the demonstrative touto as subject and to sōma mou as the predicate nominative, closely identifying the bread just given with His own body. In translation, the genitive absolute is rendered as a temporal clause (“while/as they were eating”), and the participial sequence is expressed with finite verbs plus participles to preserve the flow of preparatory actions leading to the interpretive saying over the bread.
Root and etymology
sōmasigma–omega–mu–alpha
“body, whole person”
In context — Mark 14:22
And while they were eating, He took bread and, having blessed, He broke it, and gave it to them and said, “Take; this is My body .”
About this coordinate
Mark 14:22:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 14:22, so the Greek word σῶμά (sôma) 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.14.22.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.22.W17.S1) and character.