καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   and
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ὅτι σεληνιάζεται καὶ κακῶς ⸀πάσχει,

   HO-ti se-lê-ni-A-ze-tai KAI ka-KÔS PAS-khei

   because he has seizures and he suffers terribly
3. clause🔊 Κύριε, ἐλέησόν μου τὸν υἱόν, ὅτι σεληνιάζεται καὶ κακῶς ⸀πάσχει, πολλάκις γὰρ πίπτει εἰς τὸ πῦρ καὶ πολλάκις εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ.

   KY-ri-e e-LE-ê-son mou TON hyi-ON HO-ti se-lê-ni-A-ze-tai KAI ka-KÔS PAS-khei pol-LA-kis GAR PIP-tei eis TO PYR KAI pol-LA-kis eis TO HY-dôr

   have mercy on Lord my the son because he has seizures and he suffers terribly for often he falls into the fire and often into the water
4. sentence🔊 καὶ λέγων· Κύριε, ἐλέησόν μου τὸν υἱόν, ὅτι σεληνιάζεται καὶ κακῶς ⸀πάσχει, πολλάκις γὰρ πίπτει εἰς τὸ πῦρ καὶ πολλάκις εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ.

   KAI LE-gôn KY-ri-e e-LE-ê-son mou TON hyi-ON HO-ti se-lê-ni-A-ze-tai KAI ka-KÔS PAS-khei pol-LA-kis GAR PIP-tei eis TO PYR KAI pol-LA-kis eis TO HY-dôr

   and saying have mercy on Lord my the son because he has seizures and he suffers terribly for often he falls into the fire and often into the water

Exegesis

kai legon {καὶ λέγων | kaì légōn} ‘and saying’ introduces the direct discourse as a participial clause linked to the previous narrative.

The conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hóti} ‘because’ signals a causal clause: seleniazetai {σεληνιάζεται | selēniázetai} ‘is moonstruck’ uses a passive form reflecting chronic affliction linked to lunar influence, and the coordinated adverbial clause kai kakōs paskhei {καὶ κακῶς πάσχει | kaí kakōs páskhei} ‘and he suffers badly’ intensifies his condition.