Matthew 13:33:12Matt.13.33.W12TAB

ἣν

hên

which

Transliteration
hên
Extended
hêhn
IPA
/hɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
which

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    hên

  2. sentence

    AL-lên pa-ra-bo-LÊN e-LA-lê-sen au-TOIS ho-MOI-a e-STIN hê ba-si-LEI-a tôn ou-ra-NÔN DY-MÊI hên la-BOU-sa gy-NÊ e-NE-kry-psen eis a-LEU-rou SA-ta TRI-a HE-ōs hou e-dzy-MÔ-thê HO-lon

Exegesis

The relative clause hēn labousa gynē enekrypsen {ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἐνέκρυψεν | hḗn la-boû-sa gy-nḗ e-né-kryp-sen} ‘which a woman, having taken, hid’ employs an aorist participle for prior action linked to the main aorist verb.

Root and etymology

paraballōalpha–rho–alpha–beta–alpha–lambda–lambda–omicron–omega

to place beside for comparison

In contextMatthew 13:33

He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven that a woman, having taken, hid in three measures of flour until the whole was leavened.”

About this coordinate

Matthew 13:33:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 13:33, so the Greek word ἣν (hên) 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.13.33.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.33.W12.S1) and character.