Matthew 1:2:7Matt.1.2.W7TAB
ἐγέννησεν
eyennêsen
“{He} fathered”
- Transliteration
- e-YEN-nê-sen
- Extended
- eh-YEN-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
i-sa-AK DE e-YEN-nê-sen TON i-a-KÔB
- sentence
a-bra-AM e-YEN-nê-sen TON i-sa-AK i-sa-AK DE e-YEN-nê-sen TON i-a-KÔB i-a-KÔB DE e-YEN-nê-sen TON i-OO-dan KAI TOOS a-del-PHOOS au-TOO
Exegesis
The verse consists of a tightly structured genealogical chain using repeated clauses built around the verb egenesen {ἐγέννησεν | egénnēsen} ‘begot, became the father of’.
Root and etymology
gennaogamma–epsilon–nu–nu–alpha–omega
“to beget, to father, to produce”
In context — Matthew 1:2
Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers .
About this coordinate
Matthew 1:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Matthew 1:2, 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.1.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.1.2.W7.S1) and character.