Matthew 21:16:7Matt.21.16.W7TAB
λέγουσιν;
legoosin
“{they} are saying”
- Transliteration
- LE-goo-sin
- Extended
- LEH-goo-sin
- IPA
- /ˈle.gu.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- {they} are saying
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-goo-sin
- clause
a-KOO-eis TI HOO-toi LE-goo-sin
- sentence
KAI EI-pan au-TÔ a-KOO-eis TI HOO-toi LE-goo-sin
Exegesis
The present indicative akoueis {ἀκούεις | akou-eis} ‘do You hear’ with interrogative ti {τί | tí} ‘what’ and demonstrative houtoi {οὗτοι | hoút-oi} ‘these’ signals a rhetorical question about the crowd’s ongoing legousin {λέγουσιν | lég-ou-sin} ‘they are saying’.
In context — Matthew 21:16
And they said to Him, “Do You hear what these are uttering?” But Jesus says to them, “Yes; Have You never read that, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise’?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 21:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Matthew 21:16, so the Greek word λέγουσιν; (legoosin) 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.21.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.16.W7.S1) and character.