Mark 2:22:24Mark.2.22.W24TAB

ἀλλὰ

alla

but

Transliteration
al-LA
Extended
ahl-LAH
IPA
/alˈla/

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but

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Result
ἀλ + λὰ
al + la
alla

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Lambdal — as in law
Lambdal — as in law
Alphaah — as in father

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  1. word

    al-LA

  2. sentence

    KAI ou-de-EIS BAL-lei OI-non NE-on eis as-KOUS pa-la-IOUS ei de MÊ HRÊ-ksei ho OI-nos tous as-KOUS KAI ho OI-nos a-POL-ly-tai KAI hoi as-KOI al-LA OI-non NE-on eis as-KOUS kai-NOUS

Exegesis

The adversative alla {ἀλλὰ | allà} introduces the corrective ellipsis in oinon neon eis askous kainous {οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινούς | oî-non né-on eis as-koùs kai-noús}, balancing the form and content by pairing new wine with new wineskins.

In contextMark 2:22

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins ; otherwise, the wine will burst the wineskins and the wine is destroyed , and the skins are lost as well; but new wine belongs in new wineskins.

About this coordinate

Mark 2:22:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Mark 2:22, so the Greek word ἀλλὰ (alla) 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.2.22.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.2.22.W24.S1) and character.