ἐπισυναγαγεῖν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐπισυναγαγεῖν

   e-pi-sy-na-ga-YEIN

   to gather together
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ἡ ⸀ἀποκτείνουσα τοὺς προφήτας καὶ λιθοβολοῦσα τοὺς ἀπεσταλμένους πρὸς αὐτήν— ποσάκις ἠθέλησα ἐπισυναγαγεῖν τὰ τέκνα σου,

   HÊ a-pok-TEI-noo-sa TOOS pro-PHÊ-tas KAI li-tho-bo-LOU-sa TOOS a-pe-stal-ME-noos PROS au-TÊN po-SA-kis ê-THE-lê-sa e-pi-sy-na-ga-YEIN TA TEK-na SOO

   who kills the prophets and stones the sent ones to her how often I wanted to gather together your the children
3. sentence🔊 Ἰερουσαλὴμ Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἡ ⸀ἀποκτείνουσα τοὺς προφήτας καὶ λιθοβολοῦσα τοὺς ἀπεσταλμένους πρὸς αὐτήν— ποσάκις ἠθέλησα ἐπισυναγαγεῖν τὰ τέκνα σου, ὃν τρόπον ⸂ὄρνις ἐπισυνάγει⸃ τὰ νοσσία ⸀αὐτῆς ὑπὸ τὰς πτέρυγας, καὶ οὐκ ἠθελήσατε;

   i-e-roo-sa-LÊM i-e-roo-sa-LÊM HÊ a-pok-TEI-noo-sa TOOS pro-PHÊ-tas KAI li-tho-bo-LOU-sa TOOS a-pe-stal-ME-noos PROS au-TÊN po-SA-kis ê-THE-lê-sa e-pi-sy-na-ga-YEIN TA TEK-na SOO HON TRO-pon OR-nis e-pi-sy-NA-yei TA nos-SI-a au-TÊS hy-PO TAS PTE-ry-gas KAI ook ê-the-LÊ-sa-te

   Jerusalem Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones the sent ones to her how often I wanted to gather together your the children in what way a hen gathers together her the chicks under the wings and did not want

Exegesis

The adverb posakis {ποσάκις | po-sá-kis} ‘again and again’ introduces the lament of repeated offers marked by the aorist ethelesa {ἠθέλησα | ē-thé-lē-sa} ‘I desired’ and the infinitive episunagagein {ἐπισυνάγαγεῖν | e-pi-sy-na-ga-geîn} ‘to gather’.

Root and etymology

συνάγω🔊 sigma–upsilon–nu–alpha–gamma–omega

“to gather together”

• 🔊 συναγωγήsynagōgēassemblyJames 2:2