τῷ⸃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῷ⸃

   TÔ

   with the
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ⸂αὐτοὶ δὲ τῷ⸃ δακτύλῳ αὐτῶν οὐ θέλουσιν κινῆσαι αὐτά.

   au-TOI DE TÔ dak-TY-lô au-TÔN OO THE-loo-sin ki-NÊ-sai au-TA

   but they themselves with the them finger of not are willing to move them
3. sentence🔊 δεσμεύουσιν ⸀δὲ φορτία ⸀βαρέα καὶ ἐπιτιθέασιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ⸂αὐτοὶ δὲ τῷ⸃ δακτύλῳ αὐτῶν οὐ θέλουσιν κινῆσαι αὐτά.

   des-MEU-oo-sin DE phor-TI-a ba-RE-a KAI e-pi-ti-THÊ-a-sin e-PI TOOS Ô-moos TÔN an-THRÔ-pôn au-TOI DE TÔ dak-TY-lô au-TÔN OO THE-loo-sin ki-NÊ-sai au-TA

   and They tie up heavy burdens and lay upon the shoulders of the people but they themselves with the them finger of not are willing to move them

Exegesis

The adversative clause autoi de tō daktulō autōn ou thelousin kinēsai auta {αὐτοὶ δὲ τῷ δακτύλῳ αὐτῶν οὐ θέλουσιν κινῆσαι αὐτά | autoì dè tȏ daktú-lōi autṓn oû thé-lou-sin kinê-sai autá} contrasts their refusal, with the dative tō daktulō autōn marking the minimal instrument.