μέλει

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 μέλει

   ME-lei

   matters
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ οὐ μέλει σοι περὶ οὐδενός,

   KAI ou ME-lei SOI pe-RI ou-de-NOS

   and not matters to you about no one
3. clause🔊 Διδάσκαλε, οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀληθὴς εἶ καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ διδάσκεις, καὶ οὐ μέλει σοι περὶ οὐδενός, οὐ γὰρ βλέπεις εἰς πρόσωπον ἀνθρώπων·

   di-DAS-ka-le OI-da-men HO-ti a-lê-THÊS EI KAI TÊN ho-DON TOO the-OO en a-lê-THEI-a di-DAS-keis KAI ou ME-lei SOI pe-RI ou-de-NOS ou GAR BLE-peis eis PRO-sô-pon an-THRÔ-pôn

   Teacher we know that you are true and the way of {the} God in truth you teach and not matters to you about no one for not you look at face of people
4. sentence🔊 καὶ ἀποστέλλουσιν αὐτῷ τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτῶν μετὰ τῶν Ἡρῳδιανῶν ⸀λέγοντες· Διδάσκαλε, οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀληθὴς εἶ καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ διδάσκεις, καὶ οὐ μέλει σοι περὶ οὐδενός, οὐ γὰρ βλέπεις εἰς πρόσωπον ἀνθρώπων·

   KAI a-po-STEL-loo-sin au-TÔ TOOS ma-thê-TAS au-TÔN me-TA TÔN hê-rô-di-a-NÔN LE-gon-tes di-DAS-ka-le OI-da-men HO-ti a-lê-THÊS EI KAI TÊN ho-DON TOO the-OO en a-lê-THEI-a di-DAS-keis KAI ou ME-lei SOI pe-RI ou-de-NOS ou GAR BLE-peis eis PRO-sô-pon an-THRÔ-pôn

   And they send to him their the disciples with {the} Herodians saying Teacher we know that you are true and the way of {the} God in truth you teach and not matters to you about no one for not you look at face of people

Exegesis

The clause ou mélei soi perí oudenós {οὐ μέλει σοι περὶ οὐδενός | ou mélei soí perí oudenós} employs a dative of disadvantage to express indifference toward any person, with the following causal clause ou gar blépeis eîs prosōpòn anthrōpōn {οὐ γὰρ βλέπεις εἰς πρόσωπον ἀνθρώπων | ou gàr blépeis eîs prṓsōpon anthrṓpōn}, a visual metaphor indicating impartial perception.