Matthew 15:35:8Matt.15.35.W8TAB
γῆν
gên
“ground”
- Transliteration
- gên
- Extended
- GAYN
- IPA
- /gɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- ground
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
gên
- sentence
KAI pa-raŋ-GEI-las tôi OKH-lôi a-na-pe-SEIN e-PI tên gên
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase epi tēn gēn {ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν | e-pì tḕn gḗn} with epi plus accusative specifies location and direction, portraying the crowd settling directly on the ground. In English, the temporal participle is rendered as a finite verb with a temporal clause in the formal reconstruction and as a simple past directive (“told”) in the dynamic reconstruction, while the idiomatic “recline” is retained formally but expressed as “sit down” dynamically to convey the same seated posture for eating.
Root and etymology
gēgamma–eta
“earth, ground, land”
In context — Matthew 15:35
And after He commanded the crowd to recline on the ground.
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:35:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 15:35, so the Greek word γῆν (gên) 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.15.35.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.35.W8.S1) and character.