τὰς

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὰς

   tas

   the
2. sentence🔊 Καὶ ὁ πέμπτος ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον τοῦ θηρίου καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ ἐσκοτωμένη καὶ ἐμασῶντο τὰς γλώσσας αὐτῶν ἐκ τοῦ πόνου

   KAI ho PEM-ptos ek-SE-khe-en tên phi-A-lên au-TOU e-PI ton THRO-non tou thê-RI-ou KAI e-GE-ne-to hê ba-si-LEI-a au-TOU es-ko-tô-ME-nê KAI e-ma-SÔN-to tas GLÔS-sas au-TÔN ek tou PO-nou

   and the fifth poured out the bowl his upon the throne of the beast and it became the kingdom of him darkened and they were chewing the tongues of them from the pain

Exegesis

The final clause, emasōnto tas glōssas autōn ek tou ponou {ἐμασῶντο τὰς γλώσσας αὐτῶν ἐκ τοῦ πόνου | emasônto tàs glṓssas autôn ek tou pónou}, employs the imperfect middle verb emasōnto to depict ongoing or repeated action, vividly portraying the sufferers gnawing their tongues. The prepositional phrase ek tou ponou “from the pain” indicates source or cause. In translation, a natural subject–verb–object order (“the fifth angel poured out… his kingdom became… people chewed…”) is adopted, while retaining the sequential linkage signaled by kai. The formal rendering mirrors the aspectual nuance of the perfect participle with “became darkened,” whereas the dynamic version uses the idiomatic “fell into darkness” to convey a completed transition into a state of judgment.