καὶ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 καὶ

   KAI

   and
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν;

   KAI E-son-tai OI DY-o EIS SAR-ka MI-an

   and the two {They} will be into flesh one
3. clause🔊 ⸀Ἕνεκα τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ ⸀κολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν;

   HE-ne-ka TOO-too ka-ta-LEI-psei AN-thrô-pos TON pa-TE-ra KAI TÊN mê-TE-ra KAI kol-lê-THÊ-se-tai TÊI gy-nai-KI au-TOO KAI E-son-tai OI DY-o EIS SAR-ka MI-an

   Because of this a man {He} will leave the father and the mother and will cling his to wife and the two {They} will be into flesh one
4. sentence🔊 καὶ εἶπεν· ⸀Ἕνεκα τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ ⸀κολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν;

   KAI EI-pen HE-ne-ka TOO-too ka-ta-LEI-psei AN-thrô-pos TON pa-TE-ra KAI TÊN mê-TE-ra KAI kol-lê-THÊ-se-tai TÊI gy-nai-KI au-TOO KAI E-son-tai OI DY-o EIS SAR-ka MI-an

   And he said Because of this a man {He} will leave the father and the mother and will cling his to wife and the two {They} will be into flesh one

Exegesis

The verse begins with kai eipen {καὶ εἶπεν | kaì eîpen} ‘and He said’, a narrative connector that introduces direct speech and ties this statement to the previous argument in the dialogue.

The main clause follows a straightforward subject–verb–object order: the subject anthropos {ἄνθρωπος | ánthrōpos} ‘man’ precedes the future verb kataleipsei {καταλείψει | kataleípsei} ‘will leave’, which governs the coordinated objects ton patera kai tēn metera {τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα | tòn patéra kaì tḕn mētéra} ‘the father and the mother’.