Mark 14:38:10Mark.14.38.W10TAB
μὲν
men
“indeed”
- Transliteration
- men
- Extended
- mehn
- IPA
- /men/
Meaning by language
- English
- indeed
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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men
- sentence
grê-go-REI-te KAI pro-SEU-khe-sthe HI-na MÊ EL-thê-te eis pei-ras-MON to men PNEU-ma PRO-thy-mon HÊ de sarks as-the-NÊS
Exegesis
The second half of the sentence uses the contrastive particle pair men…de {μὲν…δὲ | mén…dé} to set up a balanced antithesis: to pneuma {τὸ πνεῦμα | tó pneû-ma} ‘the spirit’ is characterized by the predicate adjective prothymon {πρόθυμον | pró-thy-mon} ‘willing, eager’, whereas hē sarx {ἡ σὰρξ | hē sàrx} ‘the flesh’ is described by asthenēs {ἀσθενής | as-the-nḗs} ‘weak, powerless’. This syntactic structure highlights the internal tension between sincere intention and human frailty, explaining why the commands to watch and pray are necessary. In translation, the hina clause is rendered with “so that” to preserve its purposive force, and the men…de contrast is expressed with “indeed…but,” maintaining the rhetorical balance and clarifying that the problem lies not in desire but in weakness.
Root and etymology
stronnumisigma–tau–rho–omega–nu–nu–upsilon–mu–iota
“to spread out, to furnish”
In context — Mark 14:38
Be watchful and pray so that you might not enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing , but the flesh is weak .
About this coordinate
Mark 14:38:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 14:38, so the Greek word μὲν (men) 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.14.38.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.38.W10.S1) and character.