Revelation 18:23:5Rev.18.23.W5TAB
μὴ
mê
“certainly not”
- Transliteration
- MÊ
- Extended
- mê
- IPA
- /mɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- certainly not
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
MÊ
- sentence
KAI PHÔS LYKH-nou ou MÊ PHA-nê en soi E-ti KAI phō-NÊ nym-PHI-ou KAI NYM-phēs ou MÊ a-kou-STHÊ en soi E-ti HO-ti hoi EM-po-ROI sou Ê-san hoi me-gis-TA-nes tês gês HO-ti en têi phar-ma-KEI-ai sou e-pla-NÊ-thê-san PAN-ta ta E-thnê
Exegesis
It opens with the emphatic negation ou me phanē {οὐ μὴ φάνῃ | ou mē phánē} ‘will by no means shine’, combining the particles ou and me with the aorist subjunctive to signal an absolute, future-oriented exclusion. This first clause, “light of a lamp in you,” depicts the end of ordinary life and festivity.
It is followed by a parallel construction, ou me akousthe {οὐ μὴ ἀκουσθῇ | ou mē akousthē} ‘will by no means be heard’, referring to the voice of bridegroom and bride, a conventional symbol of joy and social continuity.
Root and etymology
hormēomicron–rho–mu–ēta
“onrush, impulse, violent movement”
In context — Revelation 18:23
And the light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride will never be heard in you again, because your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and because by your sorcery all the nations were led astray.
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Revelation 18:23, so the Greek word μὴ (mê) 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.18.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.23.W5.S1) and character.