οὐαὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 οὐαὶ

   oo-AI

   Woe
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 πλὴν οὐαὶ τῷ ⸀ἀνθρώπῳ διʼ οὗ τὸ σκάνδαλον ἔρχεται.

   PLÊN oo-AI TÔI an-THRÔ-poi di HOO TO SKAN-da-lon ER-khe-tai

   but Woe to the man through whom the stumbling block {It} comes
3. clause🔊 ἀνάγκη ⸀γὰρ ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα, πλὴν οὐαὶ τῷ ⸀ἀνθρώπῳ διʼ οὗ τὸ σκάνδαλον ἔρχεται.

   a-NANG-kê GAR el-THEIN TA SKAN-da-la PLÊN oo-AI TÔI an-THRÔ-poi di HOO TO SKAN-da-lon ER-khe-tai

   for it is necessary the stumbling blocks to come but Woe to the man through whom the stumbling block {It} comes
4. sentence🔊 οὐαὶ τῷ κόσμῳ ἀπὸ τῶν σκανδάλων· ἀνάγκη ⸀γὰρ ἐλθεῖν τὰ σκάνδαλα, πλὴν οὐαὶ τῷ ⸀ἀνθρώπῳ διʼ οὗ τὸ σκάνδαλον ἔρχεται.

   oo-AI TÔI KOS-môi a-PO TÔN skan-DA-lôn a-NANG-kê GAR el-THEIN TA SKAN-da-la PLÊN oo-AI TÔI an-THRÔ-poi di HOO TO SKAN-da-lon ER-khe-tai

   Woe to the world because of the stumbling blocks for it is necessary the stumbling blocks to come but Woe to the man through whom the stumbling block {It} comes

Exegesis

The verse begins with the interjection ouai {οὐαὶ | ouaì} ‘woe’, issuing a solemn judicial pronouncement.

Root and etymology

ouai🔊 οὐαὶomicron–upsilon–alpha–iota

“cry of grief, woe”