Matthew 1:14:8Matt.1.14.W8TAB
ἐγέννησεν
eyennêsen
“{he} fathered”
- Transliteration
- e-YEN-nê-sen
- Extended
- eh-YEHN-nê-sehn
- IPA
- /e.ˈʝen.neː.sen/
Meaning by language
- English
- {he} fathered
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-YEN-nê-sen
- phraseyour reading level
sa-DÔK DE e-YEN-nê-sen TON a-KHIM
- sentence
a-ZÔR DE e-YEN-nê-sen TON sa-DÔK sa-DÔK DE e-YEN-nê-sen TON a-KHIM a-KHIM DE e-YEN-nê-sen TON e-li-OOD
Exegesis
The first clause, Azor de egennesen ton Sadok {Ἀζὼρ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Σαδώκ | Azòr dè egénnēsen tón Sadṓk}, presents Azor as the subject who begets Sadok, with the article ton marking Sadok as a specific descendant.
The pattern continues with Sadok de egennesen ton Achim {Σαδὼκ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἀχίμ | Sadṑk dè egénnēsen tón Achím} and Achim de egennesen ton Elioud {Ἀχὶμ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἐλιούδ | Achìm dè egénnēsen tón Elioúd}, forming a rhythmic chain of begetting clauses.
The repeated aorist verb egennesen {ἐγέννησεν | egénnēsen} portrays each act of begetting as a completed event that advances the ancestral line. In translation, the serial structure and repetition are preserved to reflect the steady forward movement of the genealogy, while de is represented with “and” or allowed to remain implicit where English style does not require a separate connective.
Root and etymology
gennaogamma–epsilon–nu–nu–alpha–omega
“to beget, to father, to produce”
In context — Matthew 1:14
Azor begat Sadok, and Sadok begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud.
About this coordinate
Matthew 1:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 1:14, so the Greek word ἐγέννησεν (eyennêsen) 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 Matt.1.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.1.14.W8.S1) and character.