τῆς

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῆς

   tês

   of the
2. sentence🔊 Καὶ κλαύσουσιν καὶ κόψονται ἐπʼ αὐτὴν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς οἱ μετʼ αὐτῆς πορνεύσαντες καὶ στρηνιάσαντες ὅταν βλέπωσιν τὸν καπνὸν τῆς πυρώσεως αὐτῆς

   KAI KLAU-SOU-sin KAI KOP-son-tai ep au-TÊN hoi ba-si-LEIS tês gês hoi met au-TÊS por-NEU-san-tes KAI strê-ni-A-san-tes HO-tan BLE-pō-sin ton kap-NON tês py-RŌ-se-ōs au-TÊS

   And will weep and will wail over her the kings of the earth the with her having committed sexual immorality and having lived luxuriously when they see the smoke of the burning her

Exegesis

The subject is then specified as hoi basileis tes ges {οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς | hoi basi-leîs tês gês} “the kings of the earth,” with the genitive tes ges forming a descriptive genitive of sphere.

The object of their sight is expressed by ton kapnon tes pyroseos autes {τὸν καπνὸν τῆς πυρώσεως αὐτῆς | tón kap-nón tês py-ró-se-os autês}, where the genitive tes pyroseos specifies the kind of smoke (“the smoke of her burning”), and autes marks possession. In translation, the participial chain is rendered with relative and descriptive clauses (“those who committed… and lived…”) to preserve the tight connection between identity and behavior, while the temporal clause is kept as “when they see” to mirror the Greek causal sequence.

Root and etymology

margarites🔊 μαργαρίτηςmu–alpha–rho–gamma–alpha–rho–iota–tau–eta–sigma

“pearl”

• 🔊 μαργαρίτηςmargaritespearlMatthew 13:45