τὸν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὸν

   ton

   the
2. sentence🔊 ἄφετε συναυξάνεσθαι ἀμφότερα μέχρι τοῦ θερισμοῦ καὶ ἐν καιρῷ τοῦ θερισμοῦ ἐρῶ τοῖς θερισταῖς Συλλέξατε πρῶτον τὰ ζιζάνια καὶ δήσατε αὐτὰ εἰς δέσμας πρὸς τὸ κατακαῦσαι αὐτά τὸν δὲ σῖτον συναγάγετε εἰς τὴν ἀποθήκην μου

   A-phe-te sy-nau-KSA-ne-sthai am-PHO-te-ra ME-khri tou the-ri-SMOU KAI en kai-RO tou the-ri-SMOU e-RO tois the-ri-STAIS syl-LEK-sa-te PRO-ton ta dzi-DZA-ni-a KAI DE-sate au-TA eis DES-mas pros to ka-ta-KAU-sai au-TA ton de SI-ton sy-na-GA-ge-te eis tên a-po-THEE-kên mou

   Allow to grow together both until the harvest and in time of the harvest I will say to the reapers Gather first the weeds and bind them into bundles for the to burn them the but wheat gather into the barn my

Exegesis

The purpose clause pros to katakausai auta {πρὸς τὸ κατακαῦσαι αὐτά | pròs tò ka-ta-kaú-sai au-tá} clarifies their destined destruction.

The adversative de {δὲ | dè} ‘but’ contrasts with the subsequent verb synagagete {συναγάγετε | sy-na-ga-gé-te} ‘gather together’ applied to the siton {σῖτον | sí-ton} ‘wheat’, finalized by eis tēn apothēkēn mou {εἰς τὴν ἀποθήκην μου | eîs tḗn a-po-thḗ-kēn mou} ‘into my barn’, which denotes preservation and ownership. The parallel imperatives emphasize the decisive separation enacted at the appointed time.

Root and etymology

sitos🔊 σῖτοςsí-tos

“wheat, grain as food”