Mark 5:3:7Mark.5.3.W7TAB
μνήμασιν
mnêmasin
“tombs”
- Transliteration
- MNÊ-ma-sin
- Extended
- MNÊE-mah-sin
- IPA
- /ˈmnɛː.ma.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- tombs
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
MNÊ-ma-sin
- sentence
hos tên ka-TOI-kê-sin EI-khen en tois MNÊ-ma-sin kai ou-DE ha-LY-sei ou-KE-ti ou-DEIS e-DY-na-to au-TON DÊ-sai
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en toîs mnḗmasin {ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν | en toîs mnḗma-sin} ‘among the tombs’ underscores the unnatural locale of confinement.
Root and etymology
Rootmu–nu–eta–mu–alpha
“tomb, memorial”
In context — Mark 5:3
He made his dwelling among the tombs, and no one could bind him any longer, not even with a chain .
About this coordinate
Mark 5:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 5:3, so the Greek word μνήμασιν (mnêmasin) 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.5.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.3.W7.S1) and character.