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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

John 2:9

ὡς δὲ ἐγεύσατο ὁ ἀρχιτρίκλινος τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον γεγενημένον, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει πόθεν ἐστίν, οἱ δὲ διάκονοι ᾔδεισαν οἱ ἠντληκότες τὸ ὕδωρ, φωνεῖ τὸν νυμφίον ὁ ἀρχιτρίκλινος

Rough Word-by-word:
as And he tasted the head of the feast the water wine having become, and not he knew from where it is, but the servants they knew the ones having drawn out the water, he called the bridegroom the head of the feast

Smooth Translation:
And as the head of the feast tasted the water which had become wine, and he did not know where it was from, but the servants knew who had drawn out the water, the head of the feast called the bridegroom

ὡς adverb "as"

δὲ post positive conjunction "and"

ἐγεύσατο verb aorist middle from γεύσομαι (I taste) "he tasted"

definite article nominative masculine singular "the"

ἀρχιτρίκλινος noun nominative masculine singular "head of the feast"

τὸ definite article accusative neuter singular "the"

ὕδωρ noun accusative neuter singular "water"

οἶνον noun accusative masculine singular "wine"

γεγενημένον perfect middle participle accusative masculine singular from γίνομαι (I become) "having become"

καὶ conjunction "and"

οὐκ negative particle "not"

ᾔδει verb pluperfect active indicative 3rd singular from οἶδα (I know) "he knew"

πόθεν adverb "from where"

ἐστίν verb present indicative 3rd singular from εἰμί (I am) "he/it is" (actually "he" referring to the masculine noun οἶνον, but in English we would use "it")

οἱ definite article nominative masculine plural "the"

δὲ post positive conjunction "but"

διάκονοι noun nominative masculine plural "servants"

ᾔδεισαν verb pluperfect active indicative 3rd plural from οἶδα (I know) "they knew"

οἱ definite article nominative masculine plural "the"

ἠντληκότες perfect active participle nominative masculine plural from ἀντλέω (I draw out) "ones having drawn out"

τὸ definite article accusative neuter singular "the"

ὕδωρ noun accusative neuter singular "water"

φωνεῖ verb present active indicative 3rd singular from φωνέω (I call) "he calls"

τὸν definite article accusative masculine singular "the"

νυμφίον noun accusative masculine singular "bridegroom"

definite article nominative masculine singular "the"

ἀρχιτρίκλινος noun nominative masculine singular "head of the feast"

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