σάρκας

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 σάρκας

   SAR-kas

   flesh
2. sentence🔊 ἵνα φάγητε σάρκας βασιλέων καὶ σάρκας χιλιάρχων καὶ σάρκας ἰσχυρῶν καὶ σάρκας ἵππων καὶ τῶν καθημένων ἐπʼ αὐτῶν καὶ σάρκας πάντων ἐλευθέρων τε καὶ δούλων καὶ μικρῶν καὶ μεγάλων

   HI-na PHA-ghay-te SAR-kas ba-si-LE-ōn kai SAR-kas khi-li-AR-khōn kai SAR-kas is-khy-RŌN kai SAR-kas HIP-pōn kai tōn ka-thê-ME-nōn ep au-TŌN kai SAR-kas PAN-tōn e-leu-THE-rōn te kai DOU-lōn kai mi-KRŌN kai me-GA-lōn

   so that you may eat flesh of kings and flesh of captains and flesh of mighty ones and flesh of horses and of the of the ones sitting on them and flesh of all of free {people} both and of slaves and of small {ones} and of great {ones}

Exegesis

A series of direct objects, each introduced by sarkas {σάρκας | sár-kas} with different genitive modifiers (basileon {βασιλέων | basi-lé-ōn}, chiliarchon {χιλιάρχων | khi-li-ár-khōn}, ischyron {ἰσχυρῶν | is-chy-rôn}, hippon {ἵππων | híp-pōn}, panton {πάντων | pán-tōn} with its following genitives), creates a rhythmic, cumulative catalogue.

The climactic phrase sarkas panton eleutheron te kai doulon kai mikron kai megalon {σάρκας πάντων ἐλευθέρων τε καὶ δούλων καὶ μικρῶν καὶ μεγάλων | sárkas pán-tōn eleu-thé-rōn te kaí doú-lōn kaí mikrôn kaí megá-lōn} moves from the comprehensive "of all" to paired social contrasts ("free and slaves," "small and great"), underscoring that every status group is encompassed in the judgment. In the formal translation, the repetitive "and the flesh of..." is preserved to echo the Greek cadence, while the dynamic rendering groups some elements (for example, "horses and their riders") to maintain natural contemporary English flow yet retain the sense of totality.