Revelation 17:15:5Rev.17.15.W5TAB
ὕδατα
hydata
“waters”
- Transliteration
- HY-da-ta
- Extended
- hyoo-DAH-tah
- IPA
- /ˈhy.da.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- waters
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
HY-da-ta
- sentence
KAI LE-gei moi TA HY-da-ta HA EI-des HOU hê POR-nê KA-thê-tai la-OI KAI O-khloi ei-SIN KAI ETH-nê KAI GLOSS-sai
Exegesis
The accusative neuter plural noun phrase Ta hydata {Τὰ ὕδατα | Tà hý-da-ta} ‘the waters’ functions as the topic of the explanation, further specified by the relative clause ha eides {ἃ εἶδες | ha ei-des} ‘which you saw’, anchoring the reference back to an earlier part of the vision.
Root and etymology
hydorupsilon–delta–omega–rho
“water”
In context — Revelation 17:15
And he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues .”
About this coordinate
Revelation 17:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Revelation 17:15, so the Greek word ὕδατα (hydata) 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 Rev.17.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.17.15.W5.S1) and character.