⸀ἀποκτείνουσα

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ⸀ἀποκτείνουσα

   a-pok-TEI-noo-sa

   kills
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 participles apokteinousa {ἀποκτείνουσα | a-pok-te-í-nou-sa} ‘killing’ and lithobolousa {λιθοβολοῦσα | li-tho-bo-loû-sa} ‘stoning’ portray the city as active persecutor.