Mark 16:19:8Mark.16.19.W8TAB
λαλῆσαι
lalaysai
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- la-LAY-sai
- Extended
- lah-LAY-sai
- IPA
- /laˈlɛː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to speak
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
la-LAY-sai
- sentence
ho men oun KY-ree-os ee-ay-SOOS me-TA to la-LAY-sai au-TOIS a-ne-LÊM-phthê eis ton ou-ra-NON kai e-KA-thi-sen ek de-ksi-ÔN tou the-OU
Exegesis
The temporal prepositional phrase meta to lalesai autois {μετὰ τὸ λαλῆσαι αὐτοῖς | me-tà tò la-lê-sai au-toîs} employs an articular infinitive with meta to express “after the speaking to them,” functioning adverbially to situate the main events in time after Jesus’ final instructions to the disciples.
In context — Mark 16:19
So then, the Lord Jesus , after speaking to them, was taken up into heaven, and He sat at the right hand of God .
About this coordinate
Mark 16:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 16:19, so the Greek word λαλῆσαι (lalaysai) 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.16.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.19.W8.S1) and character.