τοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τοῦ

   tou

   of the
2. sentence🔊 ἐν μέσῳ τῆς πλατείας αὐτῆς καὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ξύλον ζωῆς ποιοῦν καρποὺς δώδεκα κατὰ μῆνα ἕκαστον ἀποδιδοῦν τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ φύλλα τοῦ ξύλου εἰς θεραπείαν τῶν ἐθνῶν

   en ME-sō tês pla-TEI-as au-TÊS kai tou po-ta-MOU en-TEU-then kai e-KEI-then XY-lon dzō-ÊS poi-OUN kar-POUS DO-de-ka ka-TA MÊ-na HE-kas-ton a-po-di-DOUN ton kar-PON au-TOU kai ta PHYL-la tou XY-lou eis the-ra-PEI-an tôn e-THNÔN

   in middle of the street its and of the river from here and from there tree of life producing fruits twelve according to month each yielding the fruit of it and the leaves of the tree for healing of the nations

Exegesis

The verse opens with the spatial prepositional phrase en mesō tēs plateías autēs {ἐν μέσῳ τῆς πλατείας αὐτῆς | en mésō tês plateías autês} “in the middle of its broad avenue,” immediately followed by the parallel location kai tou potamoû enteúthen kai ekeîthen {καὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ἐκεῖθεν | kaí toû potamoû en-teû-then kaí e-keî-then} “and along the river on both sides,” which together establish a comprehensive setting.

The final clause presents the leaves as a coordinated subject ta phylla tou xylou {τὰ φύλλα τοῦ ξύλου | tá phýl-la tou xý-lou}, connected to a purpose phrase eis the-ra-peí-an tōn ethnōn {εἰς θεραπείαν τῶν ἐθνῶν | eis the-ra-peí-an tōn eth-nōn}, which indicates the function of healing the nations. Participles and temporal markers are maintained closely to the source to preserve the vision’s sense of perpetual abundance directed to all peoples.