εἰς

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 εἰς

   EIS

   into
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 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.

Root and etymology

epitithemi🔊 ἐπιτίθημιepsilon–pi–iota–tau–iota–theta–eta–mu–iota

“to place upon, to lay on”

• 🔊 ἐπίθεσιςe-pí-the-sislaying onActs 8:17