Mark 8:15:9Mark.8.15.W9TAB
ζύμης
zymês
“leaven”
- Transliteration
- ZY-mês
- Extended
- ZÜH-mêhs
- IPA
- /ˈdzy.mɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- leaven
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Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ZY-mês
- sentence
KAI di-e-STE L-le-to au-TOIS LE-gōn ho-RA-te BLE-pe-te a-PO tês ZY-mês tôn pha-ri-SAI-ōn KAI tês ZY-mês hê-RŌ-dou
Exegesis
The preposition apo {ἀπὸ | apó} with two genitives marks separation from two sources of influence, with parallel genitive phrases tes zymes ton Pharisaion {τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων | tês zý-mēs tôn Pha-ri-sai-ôn} and tes zymes Herodou {τῆς ζύμης Ἡρῴδου | tês zý-mēs Hê-rô-î-dou}.
Root and etymology
zymoszeta–upsilon–mu–omicron–sigma
“leaven, fermenting agent”
In context — Mark 8:15
He kept instructing them, saying, “Look out, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
About this coordinate
Mark 8:15:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 8:15, so the Greek word ζύμης (zymês) 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.8.15.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.8.15.W9.S1) and character.