Matthew 13:25:16Matt.13.25.W16TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
- sentence
en de tôi ka-THEU-dein tous an-THRÔ-pous ÊL-then au-TOU ho ekh-THROS KAI e-PE-spei-ren dzi-DZA-ni-a a-NA ME-son tou SI-tou KAI a-PÊL-then
Exegesis
The direct object of epespeiren is zizania {ζιζάνια | zizánia} “weeds,” and the prepositional phrase ana meson tou sitou {ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σίτου | anà méson toû sítou} “in the midst of the wheat” pinpoints the location of the sabotage within the good crop itself. In translation, the temporal nuance of the articular infinitive is expressed with “while/as” plus a finite verb, and the chain of aorists is rendered with simple past verbs to preserve the narrative flow and the sense of deliberate, stealthy intrusion.
In context — Matthew 13:25
But while the people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away.
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:25:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Matthew 13:25, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.13.25.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.25.W16.S1) and character.