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Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 Ὁ

   ho

   the
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον Ὁ θεός μου ὁ θεός μου,

   HO ES-tin me-ther-mē-neu-O-me-non ho the-OS mou ho the-OS mou

   which is being translated the God my the God my,
3. sentence🔊 ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον Ὁ θεός μου ὁ θεός μου, εἰς τί ⸂ἐγκατέλιπές με⸃;

   HO ES-tin me-ther-mē-neu-O-me-non ho the-OS mou ho the-OS mou eis TÍ en-ga-TE-li-pés me

   which is being translated the God my the God my, for why you forsook me?

Exegesis

The main clause centers on the verb eboesen {ἐβόησεν | ebó-ē-sen} ‘cried out’, which takes ho Iesous {ὁ Ἰησοῦς | ho Iē-soûs} as its explicit subject, forming a straightforward narrative statement.

The neuter relative clause ho estin methermeneuomenon {ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον | ho es-tin me-ther-mē-neu-ó-me-non} ‘which is being translated’ introduces an explanatory gloss for Greek-speaking readers, with the neuter relative referring to the entire Aramaic utterance.

The content of this gloss is a vocative clause, Ho theos mou ho theos mou {Ὁ θεός μου ὁ θεός μου | Ho the-ós mou ho the-ós mou} ‘My God, My God’, followed by the interrogative phrase eis ti engkatelipes me {εἰς τί ἐγκατέλιπές με | eis tí eng-ka-té-li-pes me} ‘for what (reason) did You forsake Me?’, where eis ti functions idiomatically as “why,” and the aorist engkatelipes portrays a decisive act of abandonment. The overall structure closely mirrors the opening line of Psalm 22:1, casting Jesus’ cry as a scriptural lament that combines intense anguish with direct address to God.

Root and etymology

boa🔊 βοαbeta–omicron–alpha

“to shout, cry out loudly”

• 🔊 βοήboecry, shoutHebrews 5:7