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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

John 4:12

μὴ σὺ μείζων εἶ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰακώβ, ὃς ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν τὸ φρέαρ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔπιεν καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ θρέμματα αὐτοῦ;

Rough Word-by-word:
"not you greater [than] are the father of us Jacob, who gave to us the well, and he from it drank and the sons of him and the cattle of him?"

Smooth Translation:
"Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and he drank from it and his sons and his cattle?"

μὴ adverb of negation "not" (expecting a negative response to the question or, in essence, negating the subsequent supposition)

σὺ pronoun nominative 2nd singular "you"

μείζων comparative adjective nominative singular masculine "greater[than]"

εἶ verb present indicative 2nd singular from εἰμί (I am) "you are"

τοῦ definite article genitive singular masculine "the"

πατρὸς noun genitive singular masculine "of father"

ἡμῶν pronoun genitive plural neuter "of us"

Ἰακώβ noun genitive singular masculine "Jacob"

ὃς relative pronoun nominative singular masculine "who"

ἔδωκεν verb aorist active indicative 3rd singular from δίδωμι (I give) "he gave"

ἡμῖν pronoun dative 1st plural "to us"

τὸ definite article accusative singular neuter "the"

φρέαρ noun accusative singular neuter "well"

καὶ conjunction "and"

αὐτὸς pronoun nominative singular masculine "he"

ἐξ genitive preposition "from/out of"

αὐτοῦ pronoun genitive singular neuter "of it"

ἔπιεν verb aorist active indicative 3rd singular from πίνω (I drink) "he drank"

καὶ conjunction "and"

οἱ definite article nominative plural masculine "the"

υἱοὶ noun nominative plural masculine "sons"

αὐτοῦ pronoun genitive singular masculine "of him"

καὶ conjunction "and"

τὰ definite article nominative plural neuter "the"

θρέμματα noun nominative plural neuter "cattle/flocks"

αὐτοῦ pronoun genitive singular masculine "of him"

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