Matthew 13:6:8Matt.13.6.W8TAB

μὴ

not

Transliteration
Extended
mêh
IPA
/mɛː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine

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Word in context

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    hê-LI-ou de a-na-TEI-lan-tos e-kau-ma-TIS-thê kai di-A to mê E-khein RHI-dzan ek-ksê-RAN-thê

Exegesis

The causal clause dia to me echein rhizan {διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ῥίζαν | di-á to mē é-khein rhí-zan} “because of not having root” employs the articular infinitive with the neuter article to to express cause. This Greek progression from temporal setting through result to explicit cause is mirrored in English by using a temporal phrase (“when/as soon as”), passive verb forms for the aorists, and “because” to introduce the articular infinitive clause.

Root and etymology

epithymeōepsilon pi iota theta upsilon mu epsilon omega

to desire earnestly, long for

In contextMatthew 13:6

But when the sun had risen, it was scorched, and because it had no root , it withered.

About this coordinate

Matthew 13:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 13:6, so the Greek word μὴ () 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.13.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.6.W8.S1) and character.