Matthew 15:32:24Matt.15.32.W24TAB

καὶ

kai

and

Transliteration
kai
Extended
kai
IPA
/kai/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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  1. word

    kai

  2. sentence

    ho de ee-ay-SOOS pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos tous ma-thê-TAS au-TOU EI-pen splaŋ-khNI-dzo-mai e-PI ton O-khlon HO-ti Ê-dê hê-ME-rai TREIS pros-ME-nou-SIN moi kai ouk E-khou-sin TI PHA-go-si(n) kai a-po-LY-sai au-TOUS NÊS-teis ou THE-lo MÊ-po-te ek-ly-THÔ-sin en têi ho-DÔ

Exegesis

The following clause kai ouk echousin ti phagosin {καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν τί φάγωσιν | kaì ouk É-khou-sin tí FÁ-gō-sin} adds their lack of food, using the subjunctive phagosin to speak of eating as a potential action that cannot occur.

The infinitival phrase kai apolysai autous nesteis ou thelō {καὶ ἀπολῦσαι αὐτοὺς νήστεις οὐ θέλω | kaì a-po-LŬ-sai au-TOUS Nḗ-steis ou THÉ-lō} functions as the object of “I do not want,” presenting Jesus’ deliberate refusal to dismiss them while they are fasting or hungry.

In contextMatthew 15:32

But Jesus , having called His disciples, said, “I have compassion upon the crowd , because they have already remained with Me three days and do not have anything that they might eat. And I do not want to send them away fasting, lest they might faint on the way.”

About this coordinate

Matthew 15:32:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Matthew 15:32, so the Greek word καὶ (kai) 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.15.32.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.32.W24.S1) and character.