δέκα

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 δέκα

   DE-ka

   ten
2. sentence🔊 καὶ εἶπέν μοι ὁ ἄγγελος Διὰ τί ἐθαύμασας ἐγὼ ἐρῶ σοι τὸ μυστήριον τῆς γυναικὸς καὶ τοῦ θηρίου τοῦ βαστάζοντος αὐτήν τοῦ ἔχοντος τὰς ἑπτὰ κεφαλὰς καὶ τὰ δέκα κέρατα

   KAI ei-PEN moi ho AN-ge-los di-A TI e-THAU-ma-sas e-GÔ e-RÔ soi to my-STÊ-ri-on tês gy-nai-KOS KAI tou thê-RI-ou tou ba-STA-dzo-ntos au-TÊN tou E-kho-ntos tas hep-TA ke-pha-LAS KAI ta DE-ka KE-ra-ta

   and said to me the angel because of what did you marvel I will tell to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast of the carrying her of the having the seven heads and the ten horns

Exegesis

The sequence of genitive participial phrases tou bastazontos autēn {τοῦ βαστάζοντος αὐτήν | toû bas-tá-zon-tos au-tḗn} and tou echontos tas hepta kephalas kai ta deka kerata {τοῦ ἔχοντος τὰς ἑπτὰ κεφαλὰς καὶ τὰ δέκα κέρατα | toû é-khon-tos tàs hep-tá ke-pha-lás kaí tà dé-ka ké-ra-ta} further describes the beast: it is the one “carrying her” and “having the seven heads and the ten horns.” These genitive participles function attributively, tightly identifying the beast by its actions and features. In English, these are rendered with relative clauses (“that carries her, which has... / that carries her, the one with...”) to preserve the attributive force while maintaining readability, and the numerical phrases are kept in a straightforward linear order that reflects the Greek word order.