οὐρανοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 οὐρανοῦ

   ou-ra-NOU

   sky
2. sentence🔊 ὃ μικρότερον μέν ἐστιν πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων ὅταν δὲ αὐξηθῇ μεῖζον τῶν λαχάνων ἐστὶν καὶ γίνεται δένδρον ὥστε ἐλθεῖν τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατασκηνοῦν ἐν τοῖς κλάδοις αὐτοῦ

   ho mi-KRO-te-ron MEN ES-tin PAN-tōn tōn sper-MA-tōn HO-tan de au-ksē-THÊ MEI-dzon tōn la-KHA-nōn ES-tin KAI GI-ne-tai DEN-dron HŌ-ste el-THEIN ta pe-tei-NA tou ou-ra-NOU KAI ka-ta-skê-NOUN en tois KLA-dois au-TOU

   which smaller indeed is of all the seeds when but it grows greater than the garden plants it is and becomes a tree so that to come the birds of the sky and make nests in the branches of it

Exegesis

The subject of these infinitives is ta peteina {τὰ πετεινὰ | ta pe-tei-ná}, further defined by the genitive tou ouranou {τοῦ οὐρανοῦ | toû ou-ra-noû} “of heaven/sky,” and their destination is en tois kladois autou {ἐν τοῖς κλάδοις αὐτοῦ | en toîs klá-dois au-toû}, “in its branches.” The syntax traces a deliberate progression—from extreme smallness, through growth and transformation, to providing space for others—which is reflected in the formal translation by preserving the comparative phrases and explicit result marker “so that,” while the dynamic rendering slightly reshapes word order and aspect to sound more natural in contemporary English while keeping the contrast and result relationship clear.