Mark 3:33:8Mark.3.33.W8TAB
μήτηρ
mêtêr
“mother”
- Transliteration
- MÊ-têr
- Extended
- MÊ-têr
- IPA
- /ˈmɛː.tɛːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- mother
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r |
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Word in context
- word
MÊ-têr
- sentence
kai a-po-kri-THEIS au-TOIS LE-gei TIS ES-tin hê MÊ-têr mou ê hoi a-del-PHOI mou
Exegesis
The articular noun phrase he meter mou {ἡ μήτηρ μου | hē mētēr mou} “the mother of me” and the parallel phrase hoi adelphoi mou {οἱ ἀδελφοί μου | hoî adelphoí mou} “the brothers of me” stand in nominative position, each governed by the same verb “is,” with the disjunctive conjunction e {ἢ | ḕ} connecting the two coordinated nominative expressions. This parallel structure foregrounds the theme of family identity that will be redefined in the following verses. The formal reconstruction preserves the basic Greek sequence of clauses and parallelism, while the dynamic reconstruction slightly expands the question (“Who really is,” “and who are”) to make explicit the rhetorical and evaluative force implied in the Greek.
Root and etymology
Rootmu–eta–tau–rho
“mother”
In context — Mark 3:33
And having answered them, He said, “Who is My mother, or My brothers ?”
About this coordinate
Mark 3:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 3:33, so the Greek word μήτηρ (mêtêr) 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.3.33.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.33.W8.S1) and character.