Matthew 20:17:6Matt.20.17.W6TAB
Ἱεροσόλυμα
hierosolyma
“Jerusalem”
- Transliteration
- hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma
- Extended
- hi-eh-roh-SO-ly-mah
- IPA
- /hi.e.roˈso.ly.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jerusalem
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma
- phraseyour reading level
KAI a-na-BAI-nōn ho ee-ay-SOOS eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma pa-RE-la-ben TOUS DÔ-de-ka ma-thê-TAS kat i-DI-an
- sentence
KAI a-na-BAI-nōn ho ee-ay-SOOS eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma pa-RE-la-ben TOUS DÔ-de-ka ma-thê-TAS kat i-DI-an kai en TÊI ho-DÔI EI-pen au-TOIS
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis Hierosolyma {εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα | eis Hierosólyma} specifies the destination “into Jerusalem,” a theologically charged locale that anticipates the Passion narrative.
In context — Matthew 20:17
And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside privately, and on the way He said to them ,
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 20:17, so the Greek word Ἱεροσόλυμα (hierosolyma) 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.20.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.17.W6.S1) and character.