Matthew 13:14:21Matt.13.14.W21TAB
ἴδητε
ídête
“you may perceive”
- Transliteration
- Í-dê-te
- Extended
- Í-dê-teh
- IPA
- /ˈi.dɛː.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- you may perceive
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
Í-dê-te
- sentence
KAI a-na-plê-ROU-tai au-TOIS hê pro-phê-tei-A hê-sa-EE-ou hê LE-gou-sa a-ko-Ê a-KOU-se-te KAI ou mê sy-NÊ-te KAI BLÉ-pon-tes BLÉ-pse-te KAI ou mê Í-dê-te
Exegesis
Each sensory clause is followed by the emphatic negator ou mē {οὐ μὴ | ou mē} plus an aorist subjunctive (synēte {συνῆτε | synēte}, idete {ἴδητε | ídēte}) to express a strong denial of understanding and perception. The English renderings maintain this parallelism and the force of the ou mē construction by using “certainly not” in the formal and “never truly” in the dynamic to reflect the emphatic negation.
In context — Matthew 13:14
And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: “In hearing you will hear, and you will certainly not understand, and seeing you will see, and you will certainly not perceive.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:14:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Matthew 13:14, so the Greek word ἴδητε (ídête) 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.13.14.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.14.W21.S1) and character.