Matthew 20:2:9Matt.20.2.W9TAB
ἡμέραν
hêmeran
“day”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-ran
- Extended
- hê-MEH-rahn
- IPA
- /heː.ˈme.ran/
Meaning by language
- English
- day
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-ran
- sentence
sym-phô-NÊ-sas DE me-TA TÔN er-ga-TÔN EK dê-na-RI-oo TÊN hê-ME-ran a-PÉ-stei-len au-TOOS EIS TON am-pe-LÔ-na au-TOO
Exegesis
The expression ek denariou ten hemeran {ἐκ δηναρίου τὴν ἡμέραν | ek dē-na-rí-ou tēn hē-mé-ran} employs ek with a genitive of price, giving the rate “from a denarius” understood idiomatically as “for a denarius,” while ten hemeran specifies the duration “for the day.”
In context — Matthew 20:2
And after having agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard .
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Matthew 20:2, so the Greek word ἡμέραν (hêmeran) 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.20.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.2.W9.S1) and character.