Mark 14:40:7Mark.14.40.W7TAB
ἦσαν
êsan
“they were”
- Transliteration
- Ê-san
- Extended
- AY-sahn
- IPA
- /ˈɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
Ê-san
- sentence
kai PA-lin el-THŌN HEU-ren au-TOUS ka-THEU-don-tas Ê-san gar au-TÔN hoi oph-thal-MOI ka-ta-ba-ry-NO-me-noi kai ouk Êi-dei-san TI a-po-kri-THÔ-sin au-TÔI
Exegesis
The imperfect esan {ἦσαν | ê-san} combines with the participle katabarynomenoi {καταβαρυνόμενοι | ka-ta-ba-ry-nó-me-noi} and the subject phrase auton hoi ophthalmoi {αὐτῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί | au-tôn hoí oph-thal-moí} to form a periphrastic construction, “for their eyes were being weighed down,” expressing an ongoing condition of heavy drowsiness.
In context — Mark 14:40
And again, having come, He found them sleeping , for their eyes were being weighed down, and they did not know what they might answer Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 14:40:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 14:40, so the Greek word ἦσαν (êsan) 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.14.40.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.40.W7.S1) and character.