Mark 9:39:5Mark.9.39.W5TAB

Μὴ

Do not

Transliteration
Extended
MÊÊ
IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
Do not

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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    ho de ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen MÊ kô-LY-e-te au-TON ou-de-IS gar es-TIN hos poi-Ê-sei DY-na-min e-PI tôi o-no-ma-TI mou kai dy-NÊ-se-tai ta-KHY ka-ko-lo-GÊ-sai me

Exegesis

The prohibition is conveyed by the negative particle Mē {Μὴ | mḗ} combined with the present active imperative kōlyete {κωλύετε | kō-lý-e-te}, forming a general command against hindering the agent.

In contextMark 9:39

But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who performs a mighty work in My name will quickly be able to speak evil of Me.”

About this coordinate

Mark 9:39:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 9:39, so the Greek word Μὴ () 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.9.39.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.39.W5.S1) and character.