Matthew 15:22:4Matt.15.22.W4TAB

Χαναναία

khananaia

Canaanite

Transliteration
kha-na-na-I-a
Extended
khah-nah-nah-I-ah
IPA
/kʰa.na.naˈi.a/

Meaning by language

English
Canaanite

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Result
Χα + να + να + ί + α
kha + na + na + i + a
khananaia

Alphabet Analysis

Chih/kh — like Bach
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    kha-na-na-I-a

  2. sentence

    KAI i-DOU gy-NÊ kha-na-na-I-a a-PO tÔN ho-RI-ôn e-KEI-nôn ek-sel-THOU-sa E-kra-dzen LE-gou-sa e-LE-ê-SON me KY-ri-e hy-HOS da-UID hê thy-GA-têr mou ka-KÔS dai-mo-NI-dze-tai

Exegesis

The subject is introduced as gynē Chananaia {γυνὴ Χαναναία | gynḗ Khananaía} ‘a Canaanite woman,’ where the adjective functions substantivally, highlighting her ethnic and religious outsider status.

In contextMatthew 15:22

And behold, a Canaanite woman from those regions came out and was crying out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord , Son of David ; my daughter is badly demon-possessed.”

About this coordinate

Matthew 15:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 15:22, so the Greek word Χαναναία (khananaia) 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.15.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.22.W4.S1) and character.