ὅτι

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὅτι

   HO-ti

   because
2. sentence🔊 ὑμῶν δὲ μακάριοι οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὅτι βλέπουσιν καὶ τὰ ὦτα ὑμῶν ὅτι ἀκούουσιν

   hy-MON de ma-KA-ri-oi hoi oph-thal-MOI HO-ti BLE-pou-sin kai ta Ô-ta hy-MON HO-ti a-KOU-ou-sin

   your but blessed the eyes because they see and the ears your because they hear

Exegesis

The causal conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} introduces the reason for this blessed state, followed by the finite verb blepousin {βλέπουσιν | blé-pou-sin} “they see,” where the third person plural verb grammatically agrees with “eyes” as the subject.

The accusative neuter plural ta ota {τὰ ὦτα | tà ô-ta} “the ears” are qualified again by the genitive humon {ὑμῶν | hu-môn}, and a second hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} clause with akouousin {ἀκούουσιν | a-koú-ou-sin} “they hear” mirrors the first clause. This repetition of hoti-clauses for both seeing and hearing creates a balanced parallelism that reinforces comprehensive spiritual perception. In translation, the implied copula is supplied (“are”) to make the predicate relationship explicit, and both “because” clauses are retained to preserve the symmetrical causal structure.