βάρος

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 βάρος

   BA-ros

   burden
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ ἴσους ⸂αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν⸃ ἐποίησας τοῖς βαστάσασι τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.

   KAI I-soos au-TOUS hê-MIN e-poi-Ê-sas TOIS bas-TA-sa-si TO BA-ros TÊS hê-ME-ras KAI TON KAU-sô-na

   and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat
3. clause🔊 Οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους ⸂αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν⸃ ἐποίησας τοῖς βαστάσασι τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.

   OO-toi hoi ES-kha-toi MI-an HÔ-ran e-poi-Ê-san KAI I-soos au-TOUS hê-MIN e-poi-Ê-sas TOIS bas-TA-sa-si TO BA-ros TÊS hê-ME-ras KAI TON KAU-sô-na

   these the last one hour {They} worked and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat
4. sentence🔊 ⸀λέγοντες· Οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους ⸂αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν⸃ ἐποίησας τοῖς βαστάσασι τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.

   LE-gon-tes OO-toi hoi ES-kha-toi MI-an HÔ-ran e-poi-Ê-san KAI I-soos au-TOUS hê-MIN e-poi-Ê-sas TOIS bas-TA-sa-si TO BA-ros TÊS hê-ME-ras KAI TON KAU-sô-na

   saying these the last one hour {They} worked and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat

Exegesis

This is further defined by the compound object phrase to baros tes hemeras kai ton kausona {τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα | tó bá-ros tês hē-MÉ-ras kai tón kaú-sō-na}, “the burden of the day and the heat,” which uses coordination to highlight cumulative hardship. In translation, the aorists are rendered with simple past or present perfect forms to mirror the completed action within the narrative, while the participial construction is smoothed into a relative clause (“who have borne”) or causal nuance (“even though we carried”) to maintain clarity and the tone of complaint in English.

Root and etymology

baros🔊 βάροςbeta–alpha–rho–omicron–sigma

“weight, heaviness, burden”