Matthew 15:24:8Matt.15.24.W8TAB

μὴ

not

Transliteration
Extended
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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  2. sentence

    ho de a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen ouk a-pe-STA-lên ei mê eis ta PRO-ba-ta ta a-po-lô-LO-ta OI-kou is-ra-ÊL

Exegesis

The restrictive structure ei mē {εἰ μὴ | ei mē} “except” tightly limits the scope of this sending, creating an exclusivizing focus.

Root and etymology

timaōtau–iota–mu–alpha–omega

to honor, value

In contextMatthew 15:24

But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

About this coordinate

Matthew 15:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 15:24, 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.15.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.24.W8.S1) and character.