βρώματα.

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 βρώματα.

   BRÔ-ma-ta

   foods
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ἵνα ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὰς κώμας ἀγοράσωσιν ἑαυτοῖς βρώματα.

   HI-na a-pel-THON-tes eis TAS KÔ-mas a-go-RA-sô-sin he-au-TOIS BRÔ-ma-ta

   so that having gone away into the villages they may buy for themselves foods
3. clause🔊 ἀπόλυσον τοὺς ὄχλους, ἵνα ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὰς κώμας ἀγοράσωσιν ἑαυτοῖς βρώματα.

   a-PO-ly-son TOOS O-khloos HI-na a-pel-THON-tes eis TAS KÔ-mas a-go-RA-sô-sin he-au-TOIS BRÔ-ma-ta

   send away the crowds so that having gone away into the villages they may buy for themselves foods
4. sentence🔊 ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ ⸀μαθηταὶ λέγοντες· Ἔρημός ἐστιν ὁ τόπος καὶ ἡ ὥρα ἤδη παρῆλθεν· ἀπόλυσον τοὺς ὄχλους, ἵνα ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὰς κώμας ἀγοράσωσιν ἑαυτοῖς βρώματα.

   o-PSI-as DE ye-no-ME-nês pro-SÊL-thon au-TÔ HOI ma-thê-TAI LE-gon-tes E-rê-mos es-tin ho TO-pos KAI HÊ HÔ-ra Ê-dê pa-RÊL-then a-PO-ly-son TOOS O-khloos HI-na a-pel-THON-tes eis TAS KÔ-mas a-go-RA-sô-sin he-au-TOIS BRÔ-ma-ta

   {Now} evening having come the disciples came to him saying the place is desolate {and} the hour already has passed send away the crowds so that having gone away into the villages they may buy for themselves foods

Exegesis

The imperative apólyson tous óchlous {ἀπόλυσον τοὺς ὄχλους | apó-ly-son tous ó-chlous} “dismiss the crowds” conveys their proposed solution, and the purpose clause hīna apelthóntes eis tas kōmas agorásōsin heautoîs brōmata {ἵνα ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὰς κώμας ἀγοράσωσιν ἑαυτοῖς βρώματα | hí-na a-pel-thón-tes eis tas kō-mas a-go-rá-sō-sin he-au-toís brō-má-ta} employs an aorist participle plus subjunctive to express intended result, underlining the practical concern for securing provisions.

Root and etymology

brṓ🔊 βρῶbeta–rho–omega

“food, nourishment”

• 🔊 βρῶσιςbrōsíseatingRomans 14:17