Mark 15:40:11Mark.15.40.W11TAB
⸀Μαρία
maria
“Mary”
- Transliteration
- ma-RI-a
- Extended
- mah-RIH-ah
- IPA
- /maˈri.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- Mary
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ma-RI-a
- phraseyour reading level
en hais KAI ma-RI-a hê mag-da-lê-NÊ kai ma-RI-a hê i-a-KÔ-bou tou mi-KROU kai i-ô-SÊ-tos MÊ-têr kai sa-LÔ-mê
- sentence
Ê-san de KAI gy-NAI-kes a-PO ma-KRO-then the-ô-ROU-sai en hais KAI ma-RI-a hê mag-da-lê-NÊ kai ma-RI-a hê i-a-KÔ-bou tou mi-KROU kai i-ô-SÊ-tos MÊ-têr kai sa-LÔ-mê
Exegesis
Within this clause, the coordinated list of names—Maria hē Magdalēnē {Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή | Ma-rí-a hē Mag-da-lē-nḗ}, Maria hē tou Iakōbou tou mikrou kai Iōsētos mētēr {Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ καὶ Ἰωσῆτος μήτηρ | Ma-rí-a hē tou Ia-kṓ-bou tou mi-kroû kai Iō-sḗ-tos mḗ-tēr}, and Salōmē {Σαλώμη | Sa-lṓ-mē}—is linked by repeated kai {καὶ | kai} ‘and’, creating a rhythmic enumeration that emphasizes multiple faithful observers.
Root and etymology
Miryammem–resh–yod–mem
“beloved, wished-for child”
In context — Mark 15:40
But there were also women watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:40:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Mark 15:40, so the Greek word ⸀Μαρία (maria) 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.15.40.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.40.W11.S1) and character.