Matthew 8:22:4Matt.8.22.W4PAT

⸀λέγει

legei

{He} says

Transliteration
LE-gei
Extended
LE-gei
IPA
/ˈle.ɣiː/

Meaning by language

English
{He} says
French
{Il} dit
Spanish
{Él} dice
Portuguese
{Ele} diz
German
{Er} sagt
Russian
говорит
Arabic-Simplified
يقول
Hindi
कहता है
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
말한다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলেন
Tagalog
sabi
Swahili
anasema
Amharic
ይላል
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
sị
Twi
ka
Ewe
gblɔ

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Result
⸀λέ + γει
le + gei
legei

Alphabet Analysis

Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Gammagh — guttural
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    LE-gei

  2. clause

    ho DE ee-ay-SOOS LE-gei au-TOI

  3. sentence

    ho DE ee-ay-SOOS LE-gei au-TOI a-ko-LOU-thei moi KAI A-phes TOUS ne-KROUS THA-psai TOUS he-au-TÔN ne-KROUS

In contextMatthew 8:22

{the} but Jesus {He} says to him follow me and leave the dead to bury ∅ their own dead

About this coordinate

Matthew 8:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 8:22, so the Greek word ⸀λέγει (legei) 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.8.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.8.22.W4.S1) and character.