Mark 4:39:9Mark.4.39.W9TAB
θαλάσσῃ
thalassêi
“sea”
- Transliteration
- tha-LAS-sêi
- Extended
- tʰah-LAHS-sêi
- IPA
- /tʰaˈlas.seːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- sea
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
tha-LAS-sêi
- sentence
KAI di-e-ger-THEIS e-pe-TEE-mê-sen tôi a-NE-môi KAI EI-pen têi tha-LAS-sêi si-O-pa pe-PHI-mô-so KAI e-KO-pa-sen ho A-ne-mos KAI e-GE-ne-to ga-LÊ-nê me-GA-lê
Exegesis
The dative datives tō anemō {τῷ ἀνέμῳ | tôi anémō} and tē thalassē {τῇ θαλάσσῃ | tē̂ thalássē} mark the wind and sea as direct addressees, personifying them.
In context — Mark 4:39
And having arisen, He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be muzzled!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm .
About this coordinate
Mark 4:39:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 4:39, so the Greek word θαλάσσῃ (thalassêi) 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.4.39.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.4.39.W9.S1) and character.