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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Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-na-na-I-a
- 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 context — Matthew 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.