Ἰακώβου

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 Ἰακώβου

   i-a-KÔ-bou

   of James
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ἐν ⸀αἷς καὶ ⸀Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ Μαρία ⸀ἡ Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ καὶ ⸀Ἰωσῆτος μήτηρ καὶ Σαλώμη,

   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

   among whom also Mary the Magdalene and Mary the of James of the small and Joses mother and Salome
3. sentence🔊 Ἦσαν δὲ καὶ γυναῖκες ἀπὸ μακρόθεν θεωροῦσαι, ἐν ⸀αἷς καὶ ⸀Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ Μαρία ⸀ἡ Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ καὶ ⸀Ἰωσῆτος μήτηρ καὶ Σαλώμη,

   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

   were and also women from from afar watching among whom also Mary the Magdalene and Mary the of James of the small and Joses mother and Salome

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.

The genitive phrase tou mikrou {τοῦ μικροῦ | toû mi-kroû} ‘the less / the younger’ is a genitive of description modifying Iakōbou {Ἰακώβου | Ia-kṓ-bou}, distinguishing this James from others by relative age, stature, or prominence. In translation, the main imperfect is rendered with a simple past (“there were”) for natural English narrative flow, while the participle theorousai is expressed as a finite verb (“were watching / looking on”) to preserve the sense of continuous, attentive observation without overloading the sentence with participial constructions.