οἱ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 οἱ

   HOI

   those who
2. clause🔊 οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι οἱ προάγοντες ⸀αὐτὸν καὶ οἱ ἀκολουθοῦντες ἔκραζον λέγοντες·

   HOI DE OKH-loi HOI pro-A-gon-tes au-TON KAI HOI a-ko-loo-THOON-tes E-kra-zon LE-gon-tes

   {And} the crowds those who going before him and those who following {they} were shouting saying
3. sentence🔊 οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι οἱ προάγοντες ⸀αὐτὸν καὶ οἱ ἀκολουθοῦντες ἔκραζον λέγοντες· Ὡσαννὰ τῷ υἱῷ Δαυίδ· Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου· Ὡσαννὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις.

   HOI DE OKH-loi HOI pro-A-gon-tes au-TON KAI HOI a-ko-loo-THOON-tes E-kra-zon LE-gon-tes hô-san-NA TÔ hyi-Ô dau-ID eu-lo-yê-ME-nos HO er-KHO-me-nos EN o-NO-ma-ti ky-REE-oo hô-san-NA EN TOIS hy-PSI-stois

   {And} the crowds those who going before him and those who following {they} were shouting saying Hosanna to the Son of David blessed the one who comes in name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest

Exegesis

The verse opens with the article-noun sequence hoi ochloi {ὄχλοι | ó-kh-loi} ‘crowds’ modified by two participles: proagontes {προάγοντες | pro-á-gon-tes} ‘going before’ and akolouthountes {ἀκολουθοῦντες | a-ko-lou-thoúntes} ‘following’, which together take the imperfect verb ekrazon {ἔκραζον | é-kra-zon} ‘were crying out’.

The prepositional phrase en onomati kyriou {ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου | èn o-nó-ma-ti ku-rí-ou} ‘in the name of the Lord’ indicates divine authority, while en tois hypsistois {ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις | èn toîs hyp-sí-stois} ‘in the highest places’ adds spatial and spiritual exaltation. The English renderings consolidate the Greek participial sequences into more direct clauses, preserving the original liturgical rhythm and theological emphasis.

Root and etymology

poieō🔊 ποιέωpi–omicron–iota–epsilon–omega

“to do; to make”