Revelation 21:6:11Rev.21.6.W11TAB
ἡ
hê
“the”
- Transliteration
- hê
- Extended
- hay
- IPA
- /hɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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hê
- sentence
kai ei-PEN moi GE-go-nan e-GÔ to AL-pha kai to Ô hê ar-KHÊ kai to TE-los e-GÔ tôi dip-SÔN-ti DÔ-sô ek tês pê-GÊS tou HY-da-tos tês dzô-ÊS dô-re-AN
Exegesis
The self-identification sequence features the pronoun ego {ἐγὼ | egṓ} ‘I’ followed by predicate nominatives: to Alpha {τὸ Ἄλφα | tó Ál-pha} ‘the Alpha’, to O {τὸ Ὦ | tó Ō} ‘the Omega’, he arche {ἡ ἀρχὴ | hē archḗ} ‘the beginning’, and to telos {τὸ τέλος | tó té-los} ‘the end’, arranged in parallel (kai … kai) to emphasize divine totality.
Root and etymology
arch-alpha–rho–chi
“beginning, origin, first point”
In context — Revelation 21:6
And He said to me, “It has come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who thirsts, I will give from the spring of the water of life as a gift .”
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Revelation 21:6, so the Greek word ἡ (hê) 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.21.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.6.W11.S1) and character.