Mark 15:38:3Mark.15.38.W3TAB
καταπέτασμα
katapetasma
“curtain”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-PE-ta-sma
- Extended
- kah-tah-PEH-tah-smah
- IPA
- /ka.taˈpe.tas.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- curtain
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-ta-PE-ta-sma
- sentence
KAI to ka-ta-PE-ta-sma tou na-OU e-SKHI-sthê eis DY-o ap A-nō-then HE-ōs KA-tō
Exegesis
The articular noun phrase to katapetasma tou naou {τὸ καταπέτασμα τοῦ ναοῦ | tò ka-ta-PÉ-ta-sma toû na-OÛ} functions as the subject, with the genitive tou naou specifying possession and identifying this as the veil belonging to the temple’s inner sanctuary.
Root and etymology
petannumipi–epsilon–tau–alpha–nu–nu–upsilon–mu–iota
“to spread out”
In context — Mark 15:38
And the veil of the temple was torn in two from above to below.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 15:38, so the Greek word καταπέτασμα (katapetasma) 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.15.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.38.W3.S1) and character.