αἱ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 αἱ

   hai

   the
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη εἰς τρία μέρη καὶ αἱ πόλεις τῶν ἐθνῶν ἔπεσαν καὶ Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη ἐμνήσθη ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ δοῦναι αὐτῇ τὸ ποτήριον τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ θυμοῦ τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ

   KAI e-GE-ne-to hê PO-lis hê me-GA-lê eis TRI-a ME-rê KAI hai PO-leis tôn eth-NÔN E-pe-san KAI ba-by-LÔN hê me-GA-lê em-NÊS-thê e-NÔ-pi-on tou the-OU DOU-nai au-TÊ to po-TÊ-ri-on tou OI-nou tou thy-MOU tês or-GÊS au-TOU

   and became the city the great into three parts and the cities of the nations fell and Babylon the great was remembered before of the God to give to her the cup of the wine of the fury of the wrath of him

Exegesis

The verse unfolds as a polysyndetic series using repeated kai {καί | kaí} ‘and’ to connect three vivid judgments.

The infinitive doûnai autḗ tó potḗrion {δοῦναι αὐτῇ τὸ ποτήριον | doûnai autḗ tó potḗrion} expresses purpose ‘to give her the cup,’ followed by a nested genitive chain toû oínou toû thymôu tês orgḗs autoû {τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ θυμοῦ τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ | toû oínou toû thymôu tês orgḗs autoû} ‘of the wine of the wrath of anger,’ intensifying the metaphor of divine retribution.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 αἷμαalpha–iota–mu–alpha

“blood”

• 🔊 αἵματοςhaimatosof bloodHebrews 9:7