Matthew 13:1:3Matt.13.1.W3TAB

ἡμέρᾳ

hêmerai

day

Transliteration
hê-ME-rai
Extended
hê-MEH-rai
IPA
/hɛːˈme.rᾳi/

Meaning by language

English
day

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Result
ἡ + μέ + ρᾳ
hê + me + rai
hêmerai

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Mum — as in mother
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Rhor — rolled r
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    hê-ME-rai

  2. sentence

    en têi hê-ME-rai e-KEI-nêi ek-sel-THŌN ho ee-ay-SOOS tês oi-KI-as e-KA-thê-to pa-RA tên THA-la-s-san

Exegesis

The verse opens with the temporal prepositional phrase en {Ἐν | En} tē hēmera ekeinē {τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ | tē hē-mé-rāi e-keí-nēi} “in that day,” situating the narrative in continuity with the preceding events.

Root and etymology

hēmereta–mu–epsilon–rho

day, daylight

In contextMatthew 13:1

On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea .

About this coordinate

Matthew 13:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 13:1, so the Greek word ἡμέρᾳ (hêmerai) 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.13.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.1.W3.S1) and character.