Matthew 20:6:10Matt.20.6.W10TAB
λέγει
leyei
“he says”
- Transliteration
- LE-yei
- Extended
- LE-yei
- IPA
- /ˈle.ʝiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he says
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
LE-yei
- phraseyour reading level
KAI LE-yei au-TOIS
- clause
pe-RI DE TÊN hen-de-KA-tên ek-sel-THÔN HEU-ren AL-lous hes-TÔ-tas KAI LE-yei au-TOIS
- sentence
pe-RI DE TÊN hen-de-KA-tên ek-sel-THÔN HEU-ren AL-lous hes-TÔ-tas KAI LE-yei au-TOIS TI HÔ-de hes-TÊ-ka-te HO-lên TÊN hê-ME-ran ar-GOI
Exegesis
The shift to the historical present legei {λέγει | légei} introduces direct speech and adds vividness, moving the reader into the scene as he addresses autois {αὐτοῖς | autoîs}, “to them.”
In context — Matthew 20:6
But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he says to them, “Why have you been standing here idle all the day?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Matthew 20:6, so the Greek word λέγει (leyei) 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.20.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.6.W10.S1) and character.