Matthew 16:11:13Matt.16.11.W13TAB

τῆς

tês

the

Transliteration
TÊS
Extended
TEHS
IPA
/ˈteːs/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    TÊS

  2. sentence

    pro-SE-khe-te DE a-PO TÊS ZY-mês TÔN pha-ri-SAI-ôn KAI sad-doo-KAI-ôn

Exegesis

The coordinating conjunction de {δὲ | de} ‘but’ signals the shift to a figurative caution introduced by the complex prepositional phrase apo tês zymēs tôn Pharisaiōn kai Saddoukaion {ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων | a-pó tês zý-mēs tôn Pharisaî-on kaì Saddoukaî-on} ‘from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees’, where leaven metaphorically denotes corrupting influence. This structure preserves the rhetorical contrast between misunderstanding and vigilant heed.

Root and etymology

manthanomu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega

to learn, to be instructed

In contextMatthew 16:11

How can you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread, but that you must beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

About this coordinate

Matthew 16:11:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Matthew 16:11, so the Greek word τῆς (tês) 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.16.11.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.11.W13.S1) and character.