Matthew 2:18:16Matt.2.18.W16PAT

ἤθελεν

êthelen

would

Transliteration
Ê-the-len
Extended
Ê-the-len
IPA
/ˈɛː.tʰe.len/

Meaning by language

English
would
French
voulait
Spanish
quería
Portuguese
queria
German
wollte
Russian
хотела
Arabic-Simplified
أرادت
Hindi
चाहती थी
Chinese-Simplified
愿意
Korean
원했다
Indonesian
mau
Bengali
চাইত
Tagalog
nais
Swahili
alitaka
Amharic
ፈለገች
Yoruba
fẹ́
Igbo
chọrọ
Twi
Ewe
di

Greek · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
ἤ + θε + λεν
ê + the + len
êthelen

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Thetath — as in thin
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ê-the-len

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KAI ouk Ê-the-len pa-ra-klê-THÊ-nai HO-ti ouk ei-SIN

  3. clause

    rha-KHÊL KLAI-ou-sa ta TEK-na au-TÊS KAI ouk Ê-the-len pa-ra-klê-THÊ-nai HO-ti ouk ei-SIN

  4. sentence

    phô-NÊ en rha-MA ê-KOU-sthê klau-THMOS KAI o-dyr-MOS po-LYS rha-KHÊL KLAI-ou-sa ta TEK-na au-TÊS KAI ouk Ê-the-len pa-ra-klê-THÊ-nai HO-ti ouk ei-SIN

In contextMatthew 2:18

a voice was heard in Ramah weeping and great lamentation Rachel weeping her the children of and not would be comforted because no more are

About this coordinate

Matthew 2:18:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Matthew 2:18, so the Greek word ἤθελεν (êthelen) 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 Matt.2.18.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.2.18.W16.S1) and character.