μεταξὺ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 μεταξὺ

   me-ta-KSY

   between
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ὃν ἐφονεύσατε μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.

   HON e-pho-NEU-sa-te me-ta-KSY TOU na-OU KAI TOU thy-si-as-tê-RI-ou

   whom you murdered between the temple and the altar
3. sentence🔊 ὅπως ἔλθῃ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς πᾶν αἷμα δίκαιον ἐκχυννόμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος Ἅβελ τοῦ δικαίου ἕως τοῦ αἵματος Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ Βαραχίου, ὃν ἐφονεύσατε μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.

   HO-pôs EL-thê eph hy-MAS PAN HAI-ma DI-kai-on ek-khyn-NO-me-non e-PI TÊS YÊS a-PO TOU HAI-ma-tos HA-bel TOU di-KAI-ou HE-ôs TOU HAI-ma-tos za-kha-RI-ou hy-OU ba-ra-KHI-ou HON e-pho-NEU-sa-te me-ta-KSY TOU na-OU KAI TOU thy-si-as-tê-RI-ou

   so that all blood righteous being shed upon the earth may come upon you from the blood of Abel the righteous until the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar

Exegesis

The relative clause hon ephoneusate metaxu tou naou kai tou thysiastēriou {ὃν ἐφονεύσατε μεταξὺ τοῦ ναοῦ καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου | hon e-fo-neú-sa-te me-ta-xý tou na-oo kaí tou thu-si-as-tē-rí-ou} further defines Zechariah as the one ‘whom you murdered’, with the second person plural verb directly implicating the current generation in continuity with their forebears. The prepositional expression metaxu tou naou kai tou thysiastēriou ‘between the temple and the altar’ pinpoints a sacred interior location, creating a stark contrast between the holiness of the setting and the violence committed there. In translation, genitive chains are rendered with prepositional and possessive constructions (“from the blood of… to the blood of…”), and the long Greek sentence is preserved as a single, flowing unit in English while slightly restructuring word order to fit natural English syntax.