Matthew 23:4:2Matt.23.4.W2TAB

⸀δὲ

de

and

Transliteration
DE
Extended
DE
IPA
/ˈde/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Deltath — as in this
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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  1. word

    DE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    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

  3. sentence

    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

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.

In contextMatthew 23:4

For they bind heavy burdens , difficult to carry, and place them on the shoulders of men, but they themselves are not willing to lift them, even with their finger .

About this coordinate

Matthew 23:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Matthew 23:4, so the Greek word ⸀δὲ (de) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.23.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.4.W2.S1) and character.