Mark 3:13:9Mark.3.13.W9TAB

ἤθελεν

êthelen

he wanted

Transliteration
Ê-the-len
Extended
ÊH-theh-lehn
IPA
/ˈɛː.tʰe.len/

Meaning by language

English
he wanted

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Result
ἤ + θε + λεν
ê + the + len
êthelen

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Thetath — as in thin
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ê-the-len

  2. sentence

    KAI a-na-BAI-nei eis to O-ros KAI pros-ka-LEI-tai hous Ê-the-len au-TOS KAI a-PÊL-thon pros au-TON

Exegesis

This is expanded by the relative clause hous ethelen autos {οὓς ἤθελεν αὐτός | hoús ḗthelen autós} ‘whom He Himself wanted’, where autos functions intensively, highlighting His own deliberate will in choosing specific persons.

Root and etymology

thelōthélō | theta–epsilon–lambda–omega

to will, wish, desire

In contextMark 3:13

He went up into the mountain and called to Himself those whom He wanted, and they came to Him.

About this coordinate

Mark 3:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 3:13, so the Greek word ἤθελεν (êthelen) 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.3.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.13.W9.S1) and character.