| 3. Morphological Analysis ho {ὁ | ho}: the (definite article • nominative masculine singular) • de {δὲ | dé}: but • and (conjunction • postpositive) • apokritheis {ἀποκριθεὶς | apokri-theìs}: having answered (aorist passive participle • nominative masculine singular) • eipen {εἶπεν | eî-pen}: said (verb • aorist active indicative • third person singular) • autois {αὐτοῖς | au-toîs}: to them (personal pronoun • dative masculine plural) • Dia {Διὰ | Diá}: through • because of (preposition with accusative • forming with tí an idiom meaning “why”) • ti {τί | tí}: what? • why? (interrogative pronoun • accusative neuter singular) • kai {καὶ | kaí}: and • also (coordinating conjunction) • hymeis {ὑμεῖς | hy-meîs}: you (personal pronoun • nominative second person plural) • parabainete {παραβαίνετε | pa-ra-bai-ne-te}: you transgress (verb • present active indicative • second person plural) • ten {τὴν | tḕn}: the (definite article • accusative feminine singular) • entolen {ἐντολὴν | en-to-lḕn}: commandment (noun • accusative feminine singular) • tou {τοῦ | toû}: of the (definite article • genitive masculine singular) • theou {θεοῦ | the-oû}: of God (noun • genitive masculine singular) • dia {διὰ | diá}: because of (preposition with accusative) • ten {τὴν | tḕn}: the (definite article • accusative feminine singular) • paradosin {παράδοσιν | pa-rá-do-sin}: tradition (noun • accusative feminine singular) • hymon {ὑμῶν | hy-môn}: of you • your (personal pronoun • genitive second person plural) |