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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

John 4:9

λέγει αὐτῷ ἡ γυνὴ ἡ Σαμαρῖτις· πῶς σὺ Ἰουδαῖος ὢν παρ' ἐμοῦ πεῖν αἰτεῖς γυναικὸς Σαμαρίτιδος οὔσης;

Rough Word-by-word:
She says to him the woman the Samaritan, "How you Jewish being to of me to drink you ask of a woman of a Samaritan who is being?"

Smooth Translation:
The Samaritan woman says to him, "How [do] you, being Jewish, of me, being a Samaritan woman, ask to drink?"

λέγει verb present active indicative 3rd singular from λέγω (I say) "she said"

αὐτῷ pronoun dative singular masculine "to him"

definite article nominative singular feminine "the"

γυνὴ noun nominative singular feminine "woman"

definite article nominative singular feminine "the"

Σαμαρῖτις noun nominative singular feminine "Samaritan"

πῶς interrogative particle "how"

σὺ pronoun nominative 2nd singular "you"

Ἰουδαῖος adjective nominative singular masculine "Jewish"

ὢν present active participle nominative singular masculine from εἰμί (I am) "being"

παρ' preposition with genitive "to/toward"

ἐμοῦ personal pronoun genitive 1st singular "of me"

πεῖν aorist active infinitive from πίνω (I drink) "to drink"

αἰτεῖς verb present active indicative 2nd singular from αἰτέω (I ask) "you ask"

γυναικὸς noun genitive singular feminine "of [a] woman"

Σαμαρίτιδος noun genitive singular feminine "of [a]Samaritan"

οὔσης present active participle genitive singular feminine from εἰμί (I am) "who is being" (predicate position)

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