τὰ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὰ

   TA

   the
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 οὐχὶ ⸀ἀφήσει τὰ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη ⸀καὶ πορευθεὶς ζητεῖ τὸ πλανώμενον;

   oo-KHI a-PHÊ-sei TA e-ne-NÊ-kon-ta en-NE-a e-PI TA O-rê KAI po-reu-THEIS zê-TEI TO pla-NÔ-me-non

   not he will leave the ninety nine on the mountains and having gone he seeks the straying sheep
3. sentence🔊 ἐὰν γένηταί τινι ἀνθρώπῳ ἑκατὸν πρόβατα καὶ πλανηθῇ ἓν ἐξ αὐτῶν, οὐχὶ ⸀ἀφήσει τὰ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη ⸀καὶ πορευθεὶς ζητεῖ τὸ πλανώμενον;

   e-AN YE-nê-tai ti-ni an-THRÔ-pō he-ka-TON PRO-ba-ta KAI pla-nê-THÊ HEN eks au-TÔN oo-KHI a-PHÊ-sei TA e-ne-NÊ-kon-ta en-NE-a e-PI TA O-rê KAI po-reu-THEIS zê-TEI TO pla-NÔ-me-non

   if man should have some one hundred sheep and one of them should go astray not he will leave the ninety nine on the mountains and having gone he seeks the straying sheep

Exegesis

The phrase ta enenēkonta ennea {τὰ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα | tà enenḗkonta ennéa} idiomatically yields “the ninety-nine.”

The location epi ta ore {ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη | epì tà órē} identifies where the majority remain.

Root and etymology

probaino🔊 προβαίνωpi–rho–omicron–beta–alpha–iota–nu–omega

“to go forward, advance”

• 🔊 πρόβατονpróbatonsheepJohn 10:3
• 🔊 προβαίνωprobainoto advanceLuke 2:52