Matthew 18:13:20Matt.18.13.W20TAB
μὴ
mê
“not”
- Transliteration
- MÊ
- Extended
- MÊ
- IPA
- /ˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
Tap any key to hear its pronunciation
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
MÊ
- phraseyour reading level
a-MÊN LE-gô hy-MIN HO-ti KHAI-rei ep au-TÔ MAL-lon Ê e-PI TOIS e-ne-NÊ-kon-ta en-NE-a TOIS MÊ pe-pla-nê-ME-nois
- sentence
KAI e-AN YE-nê-tai heu-REIN au-TO a-MÊN LE-gô hy-MIN HO-ti KHAI-rei ep au-TÔ MAL-lon Ê e-PI TOIS e-ne-NÊ-kon-ta en-NE-a TOIS MÊ pe-pla-nê-ME-nois
Exegesis
The comparative malon ē {μᾶλλον ἢ | mâllon ḗ} sets up a contrast with epi tois enenēkonta ennea {ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα | epí toîs enenḗkonta ennéa} “over the ninety-nine,” and the final substantival participle tois mē peplanēmenois {τοῖς μὴ πεπλανημένοις | toîs mḗ peplanēménois} defines those who remained. The translation preserves the conditional mood and comparative emphasis to highlight the greater joy in recovering the one.
Root and etymology
hebdomēkontaepsilon beta delta omicron mu eta kappa omicron nu tau alpha
“seventy”
In context — Matthew 18:13
And if it happens that he finds it, truly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray .
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:13:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Matthew 18:13, so the Greek word μὴ (mê) 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.18.13.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.13.W20.S1) and character.