τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   of the
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἐάν τις ἀφέλῃ ἀπὸ τῶν λόγων τοῦ βιβλίου τῆς προφητείας ταύτης ἀφελεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς καὶ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως τῆς ἁγίας τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ

   KAI e-AN tis a-PHE-lê a-PO tôn LO-gōn tou bi-BLI-ou tês pro-phê-te-I-as TAU-tēs a-phe-LEI ho the-OS to ME-ros au-TOU a-PO tou KSY-lou tês dzō-ÊS KAI ek tês PO-le-ōs tês ha-GI-as tôn ge-gra-MME-nōn en tôi bi-BLI-ōi TOU-tôi

   and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of the prophecy of this will take away the God the portion his from the tree of the life and from the city the holy of the written in the book this

Exegesis

The indefinite subject tis {τις | tis} “anyone” pairs with the aorist subjunctive aphélē {ἀφέλῃ | aphélē} “might remove,” governed by the preposition apó {ἀπό | apó} plus the stacked genitive tôn lógōn tou biblíou tês prophēteías taútēs {τῶν λόγων τοῦ βιβλίου τῆς προφητείας ταύτης | tôn lógōn tou biblíou tês prophēteías taútēs}, denoting “the words of the book of this prophecy.”

The object tó méros autoû {τό μέρος αὐτοῦ | tó méros autoû} “that person’s portion” is then qualified by two prepositional phrases: apó tou xýlou tês zōês {ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς | apó tou xýlou tês zōês} “from the tree of life” and ek tês póleōs tês hagías {ἐκ τῆς πόλεως τῆς ἁγίας | ek tês póleōs tês hagías} “out of the holy city.” The use of apo versus ek highlights separation and exclusion from eschatological blessings.