Matthew 14:6:12Matt.14.6.W12TAB
τῷ
toi
“the”
- Transliteration
- TOI
- Extended
- TOI
- IPA
- /tɔːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
TOI
- sentence
ye-ne-SI-ois DE ye-no-ME-nois TOO hê-RÔ-i-doo ôr-KHÊ-sa-to HÊ thy-GA-têr TÊS hê-rô-i-di-A-dos EN TOI ME-soi KAI Ê-re-sen TOI hê-RÔ-i-dê
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en tō mesō {ἐν τῷ μέσῳ | en tôi MÉ-sōi}, literally “in the midst,” places the dance at the center of the gathering, stressing its public and possibly ceremonial character.
The coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} links this to the result clause with the aorist verb ēresen {ἤρεσεν | É-re-sen}, “pleased,” where the dative tō Hērōidē {τῷ Ἡρῴδῃ | tôi Hē-RŌI-dē} indicates the person who experiences the pleasure. In translation, the dative absolute is rendered as a temporal clause (“when the birthday celebration of Herod had come” / “when Herod was celebrating his birthday”), and the sequence of aorist verbs is expressed with simple past forms to maintain clear narrative progression.
Root and etymology
piptōpiptō | pi–iota–pi–tau–omega
“to fall”
In context — Matthew 14:6
But when the birthday celebration of Herod had come, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and she pleased Herod.
About this coordinate
Matthew 14:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 14:6, so the Greek word τῷ (toi) 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.14.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.6.W12.S1) and character.