Matthew 19:5:9Matt.19.5.W9TAB
καὶ
kai
“and”
- Transliteration
- KAI
- Extended
- KAI
- IPA
- /ˈkai/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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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
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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
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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 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’.
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 19:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Matthew 19:5, so the Greek word καὶ (kai) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.5.W9.S1) and character.