Matthew 19:5:18Matt.19.5.W18TAB
ἔσονται
esontai
“{They} will be”
- Transliteration
- E-son-tai
- Extended
- EH-sohn-tai
- IPA
- /ˈe.son.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- {They} will be
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
E-son-tai
- phraseyour reading level
KAI E-son-tai OI DY-o EIS SAR-ka MI-an
- clause
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
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The final clause esontai hoi dyo eis sarka mian {ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν | ésontai hoi dýo eis sárka mían} uses the future middle of eimi ‘to be’ plus the preposition eis ‘into’ to depict movement into a new state, with hoi dyo ‘the two’ becoming sarka mian ‘one flesh’ as a single, unified entity. The progression of verbs—kataleipsei, kollēthēsetai, esontai—creates a logical sequence: leaving the parental household, cleaving to the spouse, and entering a new, one-flesh reality. In translation, the formal rendering preserves the future tenses to reflect the solemn, normative character of the declaration, while the dynamic rendering uses present forms for idiomatic description of the ongoing pattern of marriage.
In context — Matthew 19:5
And He said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife , and the two will become one flesh”?
About this coordinate
Matthew 19:5:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Matthew 19:5, so the Greek word ἔσονται (esontai) 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.19.5.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.5.W18.S1) and character.