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Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   ho

   the
2. sentence🔊 οἱ θεμέλιοι τοῦ τείχους τῆς πόλεως παντὶ λίθῳ τιμίῳ κεκοσμημένοι ὁ θεμέλιος ὁ πρῶτος ἴασπις ὁ δεύτερος σάπφιρος ὁ τρίτος χαλκηδών ὁ τέταρτος σμάραγδος

   hoi the-ME-li-oi tou TEI-khous tês PO-le-ōs pan-TI LI-thō ti-MI-ō ke-kos-mê-ME-noi ho the-ME-li-os ho PRŌ-tos I-as-pis ho deu-TE-ros SAP-phi-ros ho TRI-tos khal-kê-DŌN ho TE-tar-tos SMA-rag-dos

   the foundations of the wall of the city with every stone precious adorned the foundation the first jasper the second sapphire the third chalcedony the fourth emerald

Exegesis

An appositional list—ho themelios ho protos iaspis, ho deuteros sapphiros, ho tritos chalkedon, ho tetartos smaragdos {ὁ θεμέλις ὁ πρῶτος ἴασπις, ὁ δεύτερος σάπφιρος, ὁ τρίτος χαλκηδών, ὁ τέταρτος σμάραγδος | ho the-mé-li-os ho prô-tos í-as-pis, ho deú-te-ros sá-pphi-ros, ho trí-tos chalkē-dōn, ho té-tar-tos smá-ra-gdos}—pairs each ordinal with its gemstone, with a supplied verb ‘was’ clarifying the relationship in English.

Root and etymology

themel-🔊 θεμέλ-theta–epsilon–mu–epsilon–lambda

“foundation, base”

• 🔊 θεμελιόωthe-me-li-o-ōto lay a foundationEphesians 3:17
• 🔊 καταθεμελιόωka-ta-the-me-li-o-ōto lay thoroughly as a foundationLuke 6:48