Mark 2:9:1Mark.2.9.W1TAB
τί
ti
“what”
- Transliteration
- TI
- Extended
- tih
- IPA
- /ˈti/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
TI
- sentence
TI e-STIN eu-ko-PO-te-ron ei-PEIN tôi pa-ra-ly-ti-KÔI a-PHI-en-TAI sou hai ha-mar-TI-ai Ê ei-PEIN E-gei-re KAI A-ron ton KRA-bat-TON sou KAI pe-ri-PA-tei
Exegesis
The verse begins with the interrogative pronoun ti {τί | tí} ‘what’ in a copular construction with estin {ἐστιν | es-tin} ‘is’ and the comparative adjective eukopoteron {εὐκοπώτερον | eu-kopṓ-tēr-on} ‘easier’, posing a rhetorical question.
Root and etymology
Root
“sin, to miss the mark”
In context — Mark 2:9
Which is easier to say to the paralytic, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Rise, take up your mat and walk”?
About this coordinate
Mark 2:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 2:9, so the Greek word τί (ti) 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.2.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.2.9.W1.S1) and character.